Grateful Dead – Wharf Rat (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
Asus2 Em Asus2 Old man down, way down down, down by the docks of the city. Asus2 Em Asus2 Blind and dirty, asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee. Em D Asus2 I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.
[Verse 2]
Asus2 Em Asus2 "My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine. Asus2 Em Asus2 More than my wine, more than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.
[Verse 3]
Asus2 Em Asus2 Everyone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would, Pearly believed them. Asus2 Em Asus2 Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime Em D Asus2 The other half found me stumbling around drunk on Burgundy wine
[Bridge] (3/4 time)
G D G/D D A D G/D D But I'll get back on my feet someday, C G C G G D Dsus4 D The good Lord willin', if He says I may. D Asus4 Asus4 A A Em Em A I know that the life I'm livin's no good, Asus4 A Asus2 A A Em I'll get a new start, live the life I should.
[Break] (Back to 4/4 time)
Em Asus2 I'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.
[Verse 4]
Asus2 Em Asus2 Pearly's been true, true to me, true to my dyin' day" he said. Asus2 Em Asus2 I said to him, I said to him, "I'm sure she's been." Em D Asus2 I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."
[Verse 5]
Asus2 Em Asus2 I got up and wandered, wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just to hang around. Asus2 Em Asus2 I've got a girl, named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me. Em D Asus2 I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.