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Wharf Rat easy guitar chords by
Grateful Dead
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Intro 1
G
Em
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G
Dm
G

C
G
C
G

Verse 1
G
C
G
Dm

Old man down

Way down, down,
G
Dm
C

down by the docks of the city
G
C
G

Blind and dirty
Dm

Asked me for a dime,
G

a dime for a cup of coffee
Dm
C

I got no dime but I got some
G

time to hear his story
Dm
G
Verse 2


My name is August West
Dm

And I love my Pearly Baker best
G
Dm
G

more than my wine
C

More than my wine
Dm

More than my maker,
G

though he's no friend of mine
F
G
Verse 3
Dm

G

Everyone said
Dm

I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly,
G
Dm
G

believe them
C
G

Half of my life
Dm

I spent doin' time for some
G

other fucker's crime
C
Dm
C

The other half found me stumbling around
G

drunk on Burgundy wine
C
G
F

Verse 4
C
F
C

But I'll get back on my
Cm
C
G
C
F
C

feet someday
Bb
F
Bb
F
C

The good Lord willin', if He says I may
G
Dm
G

I know that the life I'm livin's no good
C
G
Dm

I'll get a new start, live the life I should
Verse 5

Dm

I'll get up and fly away

I'll get up and fly away,
G

fly away
Interlude 1
G

Verse 6
G
C

Pearly's been true
Dm

True to me, true to my dyin'
G
C
G
Dm
C

day he said
G

I said to him
Dm

I said to him,
G
C

"I'm sure she's been"
Dm

I said to him,
C
G

"I'm sure she's been true to you"
Verse 7
G

C

I got up and wandered
Dm

Wandered downtown,
G
Dm

nowhere to go but to just hang around
G
C
G
Dm

I've got a girl

Named Bonnie Lee,
G
Dm

I know that girl's been true to me
C
G

I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true
Outro 1

to me
G
C
G
C
G

C
G
C
G
C
G

Gsus4
G


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Chords
  • G

  • Em

  • Dm

  • C

  • F

  • Cm

    3
  • Bb

  • Gsus4

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