Scarlet Begonias Chords by Grateful Dead
- Key: E
- BPM: 83
- Capo: no capo
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SCARLET BEGONIAS CHORDS
[Intro] B B7 B B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E B As I was walkin' down Grosvenor Square E B Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air A E A E From the other direction she was calling my eye A E It could be an illusion A E B But I might as well try might as well try E B She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes E B And I knew without asking she was into the blues A E She wore scarlet begonias A E Tucked into her curls A E I knew right away A E B B7 B She was not like other girls other girls ■ ■ E B In the thick of the evening when the dealing got rough E B She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff A E A As I picked up my matches and E Was closing the door A E A I had one of those flashes E B I'd been there before been there before [Chorus] Gb Well I ain't often right Gb But I've never been wrong B A E It seldom turns out the way it does in the song Gb Once in a while Ebm You get shown the light A E In the strangest of places if you look at it right Gb A B B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E B Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves E B Or scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues A E B And there's nothing wrong with A E The look that's in her eye A E B7 I had to learn the hard way A E B To let her pass by let her pass by [Solo] B7 B E B Gbm7 E B B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E B7 A E A E B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A E B B7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Chorus] E B A The wind in the willows played tea for two ■ E B A The sky was yellow and the sun was blue ■ E B Strangers stopping strangers A E Just to shake their hand A E B Everybody's playing ■ A E In the Heart of Gold Band B Heart of Gold Band [Solo] B7 E B7 E B7 E B7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ B7 E B7 A B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]