Althea Chords by Grateful Dead

[Start]

[Intro]
Bm A E A Bm A E Bm
■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■ 
A E A Bm7 A E
■ ■ ■ ■   ■ ■


[Verse]
Bm     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
A                  Dbm      
I told Althea that treachery
D                        A   
Was tearing me limb from limb


[Chorus]
Dbm                    E            
■   Althea told me now cool down boy
Bm        A         E  
■  Settle back easy Jim


[Inst]
Bm A E A Bm Bm7 Em7 Bm
■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■   ■   ■ 
A Em7 A Bm7 Bm A
■ ■   ■ ■   ■  ■
Em7 E7 Bm
■   ■  ■ 


[Verse]
           A7         E              
You may be Saturday's child all grown
Bm             A          E    
■  Moving with a pinch of grace
Bm           A            E       E7    
You may be a clown in the burying ground
Bm         A              E   
■  Or just another pretty face
    A                    Dbm    
You ■ may be the fate of Ophelia
D                         A    
Sleeping and perchance to dream
Dbm                        E           
■   Honest to the point of recklessness
A                  E      
Selfcentred to the extreme


[Inst]
Bm A E A Bm Bm7 A E
■  ■ ■ ■ ■  ■   ■ ■
Bm7 A Bm A E7 Em7 Bm
■   ■ ■  ■ ■  ■   ■ 


[Verse]
             A            E          
Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
A    Bm             A            E        
Your ■  friends are getting most concerned
Bm             A     Em7       E    A   
Loose with the truth maybe its your fire
Bm                        E     
Baby I hope you don't get burned
A                    Dbm             
■ When the smoke has cleared she said
D                       A 
That's what she said to me
Dbm                     E                 
You're gonna want a bed ■ to lay your head
Bm    A      E       
And a little sympathy


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


[Chorus]
                     G          
There are things you can replace
E                      
■ And others you cannot
    E7 D                G                 
The ■  time has come to weigh those things
E                          
■ This space is gettin' hot
Bsus4 Bm        A                E  
You   know this space is gettin' hot


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


[Verse]
Bm     A                       
I told Althea I'm a roving sign
Bm         A            E       
That I was born to be a bachelor
Bm7 B7     A       E         A    Bm
■   Althea told me OK that's fine ■ 
   A                 E        
So now I'm trying to catch her


[Chorus]
      A                     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
Bsus4 Bm         A           E    
And   forgetting the love we bring


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


[Outro]
E Bm7 A E7 A Bm A A7
■ ■   ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 
E7 Bm7 Bm A E E7 A Bm7
■  ■   ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  
A E Gbsus4
■ ■ ■     


[End]