Jerry Garcia – Dire Wolf (Guitar)

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by Jerry Garcia [Intro] A Ab G E D A D A [Verse 1]
       E                   
In the timbers to Fennario, 

    G                   D
the wolves are running 'round,

    D                              
The winter was so hard and cold, 

      D              Eb  E
froze ten feet neath the ground.
[Chorus]
E            D  
Don't murder me,    

E          A          Ab G   F#m
  I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E  D                 A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.
[Verse 2]
A D  Db E                      
  As I  sat down to my supper, 

G                       D
twas a bottle of red whisky,

D
I said my prayers and went to bed, 

           A         Ab  G  F#m
that's the last they saw of me.
[Chorus]
F#m          E   D       
Don't murder me,    

         A          Ab G   F#m
I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E  D                 A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.
[Verse 3]
A Ab G    F#m          E
     When I awoke, the Dire Wolf, 

    A       G         D
six hundred pounds of sin,

D
Was grinning at my window, 

      D             Eb E          
all I said was come on in.
[Chorus]
E            D       
Don't murder me,    

E        A          C#7    F#m
I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E  D                 A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.
[Verse 4]
A Ab G    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              Eb  E  
but the cards were all the same.
[Chorus]
E            D       
Don't murder me,    

E        A          C#7    F#m
I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E      D             A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.
[Verse 5]
       E
In the backwash of Fennario, 

    G                D
the black and bloody mire,

    D
The Dire Wolf collects his dues, 

          D               Eb   E          
while the boys sing round the fire.
[Chorus]
E            D  
Don't murder me,    

E          A          Ab G   F#m
  I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E   D                A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.
[Outro]
A     D   Eb  E 
Don't murder  me,    

D         A          C#7    F#m
 I beg of you, don't murder me. 

E  D                 A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.

E  D                 A   D  A    
Please, don't murder me.