Althea Ukulele chords by Grateful Dead

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)



Althea -- Grateful Dead (Hunter/Garcia)

INTRO: Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E - Bm - A - E - A - Bm - A - E

Bm    A     E     A Bm     A   E
I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.

Bm     A    E   A     Bm    A     E
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.

 A        C#m      D     A
I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.

 C#m         E     A  Bm     A     E
Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.

Bm     A     E     A
You may be Saturday's child, all alone,

Bm     A     E
Moving with a tinge of grace.

Bm     A     E      A
You may be a clown in the burying ground,

Bm       A    E
Or just another pretty face.

A              C#m  D            A
You may meet in the fate of Ophelia sleeping and penchant to dream.

C#m          E       Bm      A    E
Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.

Bm      A      E    A
Ain't nobody messing with you, but you,

Bm        A      E
Your friends are getting most concerned.

Bm       A     E     A  Bm    A     E
Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but baby don't get burned.

A         C#m        D          A
When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.

C#m         E       Bm     A     E
Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.

D                 E
There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.

D          G
The time has come to weigh those things.

E             Bm      A        E
This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.

Bm    A     E   A  Bm    A       E
I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.

Bm     A     E      Bm  A       E
Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her.

A            C#m
Can't talk to you about talking to me,

   D              A
We're guilty of the same old thing.

C#m           A
Been talking a lot about less and less

Bm      A      E
And forgetting the love we bring.