Althea chords by
Grateful Dead
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Key: A major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I told Althea I was feeling lost
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Lacking in some direction
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Althea told me  upon scrutiny
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That my  back might need protec tion
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I told Althea that treachery
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Was tearing me limb from limb
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Althea told me, now cool down boy
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Settle back easy, Jim

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
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You may be Saturday's child all grown
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Moving with a   pinch of grace
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You may be a clown in the burying ground
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Or just another  pretty face
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You may be the fate of Ophelia
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Sleeping and perchance to dream
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Honest to the point of recklessness
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Self-centred to the extreme

Interlude 2

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Verse 3
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Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
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Your friends are getting most concerned
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Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire
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Baby don't get burned
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When the smoke has cleared, she said
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That's what she said to me
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Gonna want a bed to lay your head
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And a little sympathy

Interlude 3

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Bridge 1
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There are things you can replace
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And others you cannot
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The time has come to weigh those things
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This space is gettin' hot
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You know this space is gettin' hot

Interlude 4

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Verse 4
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I told Althea, I'm a roving son
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That I was born to be a ba  chelor
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Althea told me, OK   that's fine
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So now I'm trying to catch her
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Can't talk to you without talking to me
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We're guilty of the same old things
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Thinking a lot about less and less
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And forgetting the love we bring

Outro 1

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[Repeat and fade]

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