Grateful Dead – Dire Wolf (Guitar)
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Versions
(3)
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Chords
Words by Robert Hunter
Music by Jerry Garcia
Album version - Workingman's Dead (1970)
C#7 x-4-3-4-2-x[Intro]
e|------------| B|------------| G|------------| D|------------| A|--0-0-------| E|------4--2--|
| E | D | A | A |
[Verse 1]
E In the timbers of Fennario G D The wolves are running 'round D The winter was so hard and cold D E Froze ten feet 'neath the ground
[Chorus]
D E Don't murder me A D I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me
[Verse 2]
E I sat down to my supper G D 'Twas a bottle of red whiskey D I said my prayers and went to bed A G# G F#m That's the last they saw of me
[Chorus]
E D Don't murder me A D I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me
[Verse 3]
F#m E When I awoke, the Dire Wolf A G D Six hundred pounds of sin D Was grinning at my window D E All I said was "Come on in"
[Chorus]
D E Don't murder me A C#7 F#m I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me
[Verse 4]
F#m E The wolf came in, I got my cards A G D We sat down for a game D I cut my deck to the queen of spades D E But the cards were all the same
[Chorus]
D E Don't murder me A C#7 F#m I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me
[Solo] (same as Verse 4 plus Chorus)
| F#m | E | A G | D |
| D | D | D | E |
| D | E | A C#7 | F#m |
| E | D | A | A |
[Verse 5]
E In the backwash of Fennario G D The black and bloody mire D The Dire Wolf collects his due D E While the boys sing round the fire
[Chorus]
D E Don't murder me A D I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me E D Don't murder me A C#7 F#m I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me - No, no, no E D Don't murder me A C#7 F#m I beg of you, don't murder me E D Plea - se A Don't murder me E D Plea - se A A E A Don't murder me