Althea Chords by Grateful Dead

[Start]

[Intro]
Bm A7 E7 A Bm A7 E7 Bm
■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■ 
A E7 A B7 Bm7 A E7 E
■ ■  ■ ■  ■   ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
Bm B7   A            E       A   
I  told Althea I was feeling lost
Bm            A    E        
■  Lacking in some direction
Bm        A            E A       
■  Althea told me upon ■ scrutiny
        Bm      A          E         
That my ■  back might need protection


[Chorus]
A                    Dbm      
■ I told Althea that treachery
D                          A   
■ Was tearing me limb from limb
Dbm                E                
■   Althea told me Now cool down boy
Bm        A         E  
■  Settle back easy Jim


[Inst]
Bm E A Bm A E7 Bm A
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■
E7 A B7 A7 E
■  ■ ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
Bm         A          E         A    
You may be Saturday's child all grown
Bm B7          A          E7    E
■  Moving with a pinch of grace ■
Bm              A            E      E7    
■  You may be a clown in the burial ground
Bm         A              E   
■  Or just another pretty face


[Chorus]
A                        Dbm    
■ You may be the fate of Ophelia
D                         A    
Sleeping and perchance to dream
Dbm                        E           
■   Honest to the point of recklessness
Bm          A      E      
Selfcentred to the extreme


[Inst]
Bm A E7 A Bm E7 Bm A
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■
E7 A Bm7 A7 E7 E
■  ■ ■   ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
Bm           A            E7         
Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
     B7             A            E        
Your ■  friends are getting most concerned
Bm             Bm7   E         E7       
Loose with the truth maybe its your fire
Bm B7             E     
■  Baby don't get burned


[Chorus]
A                    Dbm             
■ When the smoke has cleared she said
D                       A 
That's what she said to me
Dbm              E               
Gonna want a bed to lay your head
Bm           A E       
And a little ■ sympathy


[Solo]
Bm A E7 A Bm Bm7 E7 Bm
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■   ■  ■ 
A7 E7 A7 A Bm A E D
■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■


[Chorus]
                     G           E
There are things you can replace ■
               E     
And others you cannot
D                      G                 
■ The time has come to weigh those things
E                          
■ This space is gettin' hot
Bm            A                E  
You know this space is gettin' hot


[Inst]
Bm A Em7 A Bm A E7 Bm
■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 
A E7 A Bm A E7 E
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
Bm     A            E         
I told Althea I'm a roving son
A    Bm       A            E7       E
That ■  I was born to be a bachelor ■
Bm     A       E  E7     A   
Althea told me OK that's fine
Bm A                    E7    A  
■  So now I'm trying to catch her


[Chorus]
                          Dbm          
Can't talk to you without talking to me
D                            A     
We're guilty of the same old things
Dbm                      E            
■   Thinking a lot about less and less
Bm             A           E    
And forgetting the love we bring


[Solo]
Bm A E A Bm A E7 Bm7
■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  
A E7 A Bm7 A E7 Bm A7
■ ■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■  ■ 
A Bm A7 E7 Bm A E A
■ ■  ■  ■  ■  ■ ■ ■
Bm A E7 E Bm E7 A Bm
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■ ■ 
A E7 E Bm A E7 A Bm
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 
Em7 E7 Bm A E7 A Bm7 A
■   ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ ■   ■