Althea chords by
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
(Official Version)

1980Rock1.6K views
5.0 (7)
Key: A majorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Verse 1
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
I told Althea I was feeling lost
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Lacking in some direction
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
Althea told me upon scrutiny
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
That my back might need protec tion
B
B
D#m
D#m
I told Althea that treachery
E
E
B
B
Was tearing me limb from limb
D#m
D#m
F#
F#
Althea told me, now cool down boy
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#
F#
Settle back easy, Jim
Interlude 1
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Verse 2
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
You may be Saturday's child all grown
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Moving with a pinch of grace
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
You may be a clown in the burying ground
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Or just another pretty face
B
B
D#m
D#m
You may be the fate of Ophelia
E
E
B
B
Sleeping and perchance to dream
D#m
D#m
F#
F#
Honest to the point of recklessness
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#
F#
Self-centred to the extreme
Interlude 2
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Verse 3
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Your friends are getting most concerned
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Baby don't get burned
B
B
D#m
D#m
When the smoke has cleared, she said
E
E
B
B
That's what she said to me
D#m
D#m
F#
F#
Gonna want a bed to lay your head
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#
F#
And a little sympathy
Interlude 3
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Bridge 1
E
E
A
A
There are things you can replace
F#7
F#7
And others you cannot
E
E
A
A
The time has come to weigh those things
F#7
F#7
This space is gettin' hot
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
You know this space is gettin' hot
Interlude 4
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
Verse 4
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
I told Althea, I'm a roving son
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
That I was born to be a ba chelor
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
Althea told me, OK that's fine
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
So now I'm trying to catch her
B
B
D#m
D#m
Can't talk to you without talking to me
E
E
B
B
We're guilty of the same old things
D#m
D#m
F#
F#
Thinking a lot about less and less
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#
F#
And forgetting the love we bring
Outro 1
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
B
B
C#m
C#m
B
B
F#7
F#7
[Repeat and fade]

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