Althea chords by
Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
(Official Version)

1980Rock1.6K views
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Key: A majorDifficulty: Intermediate
Intro 1
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Verse 1
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
I told Althea I was feeling lost
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Lacking in some direction
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Althea told me upon scrutiny
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
That my back might need protec tion
F
F
Am
Am
I told Althea that treachery
Bb
Bb
F
F
Was tearing me limb from limb
Am
Am
C
C
Althea told me, now cool down boy
Gm
Gm
F
F
C
C
Settle back easy, Jim
Interlude 1
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Verse 2
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
You may be Saturday's child all grown
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Moving with a pinch of grace
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
You may be a clown in the burying ground
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Or just another pretty face
F
F
Am
Am
You may be the fate of Ophelia
Bb
Bb
F
F
Sleeping and perchance to dream
Am
Am
C
C
Honest to the point of recklessness
Gm
Gm
F
F
C
C
Self-centred to the extreme
Interlude 2
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Verse 3
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Ain't nobody messin' with you but you
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Your friends are getting most concerned
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Loose with the truth, maybe its your fire
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Baby don't get burned
F
F
Am
Am
When the smoke has cleared, she said
Bb
Bb
F
F
That's what she said to me
Am
Am
C
C
Gonna want a bed to lay your head
Gm
Gm
F
F
C
C
And a little sympathy
Interlude 3
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Bridge 1
Bb
Bb
Eb
Eb
There are things you can replace
C7
C7
And others you cannot
Bb
Bb
Eb
Eb
The time has come to weigh those things
C7
C7
This space is gettin' hot
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
You know this space is gettin' hot
Interlude 4
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
Verse 4
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
I told Althea, I'm a roving son
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
That I was born to be a ba chelor
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Althea told me, OK that's fine
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
So now I'm trying to catch her
F
F
Am
Am
Can't talk to you without talking to me
Bb
Bb
F
F
We're guilty of the same old things
Am
Am
C
C
Thinking a lot about less and less
Gm
Gm
F
F
C
C
And forgetting the love we bring
Outro 1
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
F
F
Gm
Gm
F
F
C7
C7
[Repeat and fade]

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