Wharf Rat Chords by Grateful Dead

[Start]

[Intro]
A7 A Em A Bsus4 A Em A
■  ■ ■  ■ ■     ■ ■  ■
A7 A Bm7 A A7 D
■  ■ ■   ■ ■  ■
A D A
■ ■ ■


[Verse]
        D    A
Old man down ■
Em                           A                
■  Way down down down by the docks of the city
A7 D A7 A Em Bm
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 
A         D     A
Blind and dirty ■
Em                                  G      A      Em A
■  Asked me for a dime a dime for a cup of coffee ■  ■
Em7   Em D                           A        Bsus4 G A
I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story ■ ■


[Chorus]
                  Em                                        A            Em Em7 A
My name is August West and I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine ■  ■   ■
             A   
More than my wine
Em                                   A              A7 A
■  More than my maker though he's no friend of mine ■  ■


[Verse]
              D A
Everyone said ■ ■
A7 Em7 Em                                    Em7     A    Bm7 A
■  I'd come to no good I knew I would Pearly believe them ■   ■
Esus4         A      
■     Half of my life
Asus4 A7 A A7
■     ■  ■ ■ 
A Em                              A             
I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
Esus4           Em7  D                         A                      D
■     The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine ■


[Chorus]
A G              D    G D    A             D       G
■ ■ But I'll get back ■ ■ on my feet again someday ■
D     C    G    C      
■ The good Lord willin'


[Verse]
G              D   Dsus4 D
■ If He says I may ■     ■
                A    Asus4 A                Em   A
I know that the life ■     ■ I'm livin's no good ■
Asus4      A                       Em         
I'll get a new start live the life ■  I should


[Chorus]
                    Em7 
I'll get up and fly away
Em                          A       
■  I'll get up and fly away fly away


[Inst]

[Verse]
A                 
Pearly's been true
Esus4 A Bsus4 Em7
■     ■ ■     ■  
                            A           D A
True to me true to my dyin' day he said ■ ■
Bm7 A         D   A
■   I said to him ■
Em                           A7   A A7
I said to him I'm sure she's been ■ ■ 


[Chorus]
Em7 Em              D               A          
I   said to him I'm sure she's been true to you
Em A            Asus4   
■  I got up and wandered


[Verse]
A Em                                       A          
■ Wandered downtown nowhere to go but just hang around
Em7 A              
■   I've got a girl


[Chorus]
Em7 Em           Em7                         A          Bsus4
■   Named Bonnie Lee I know that girl's been true to me ■    
Em Em7 Em                    D               A         
■  ■   I know she's been I'm sure she's been true to me


[Solo]
A7 A A7 A A7 A A7 A
■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■
Esus4 A A7 D A7 D A A7
■     ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■ 
A A7 A A7 A A7 D A7
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ 
A A7 A A7 G A A7 A
■ ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■


[Outro]
Asus4 A7 A Asus4
■     ■  ■ ■    


[End]