Grateful Dead - Althea

Bm A E A E-----------------------------------------0--0--0--0-------- B------------------3------2--3--2---------0--0--0--2-------- G--------------------4-------------2------1--1--1--2-------- D---------------4---------2--4--2-----2---2--2--2--2-------- A------0--1--2----------------------------2--2--2--0-------- E--1^4------------------------------------0--0--0----------- Bm A E E-----------------------------------------0----------------- B------------------3------2--3--2---------0----------------- G--------------------4-------------2------1--1--2--1-------- D---------------4---------2--4--2-----2---2-----------2----- A------0--1--2----------------------------2----------------- E--1^4------------------------------------0----------------- Bm A E A Bm A E Bm A E A (SN Bass F^G#-A-A#-B) I told Althea I was feeling lost Bm A E (SN Bass F^G#-A-A#-B) Lackin’ in some direction Bm A E A (SN Bass F^G#-A-A#-B) Althea told me upon scrutiny that my Bm A E (SN Bass E-F#-G#-A) Back might need protection You may be Saturday’s child all grown Movin’ with pinch of grace You may be a clown in the burying ground Or just another pretty face You my be the fate of Ophelia Sleepin’ and perchance to dream Honest to the point of recklessness Self-centered to the extreme Ain’t nobody messin’ with you but you Your friends are getting most concerned Loose with the truth baby, it’s your fire Baby, I hope you don’t get burned When the smoke has cleared she said, That’s what she said to me Gonna want a bed to lay your head And a little sympathy D G (SN Bass G-F#-F-E) There are things you can replace I told Althea I’m a roving sign And I was born to be a bachelor Althea told me, OK, that’s fine So now I’m tryin’ to catch her Can’t talk to you without talkin’ to me We’re guilty of the same old thing Thinkin’ a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring