Althea Tab

Althea -- Grateful Dead (Hunter/Garcia)
 
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.
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Althea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.
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I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.
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Althea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim.
 
[Solo]
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[Verse]
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You may be Saturday's child, all grown, Moving with a pinch of grace.
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You may be a clown in the burying ground, Or just another pretty face.
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You may meet the fate of Ophelia to sleep and then perchance to dream.
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Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.
 
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[Verse]
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Ain't nobody messing with you, but you, Your friends are getting most concerned.
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Loose with the truth baby it's your fire but baby I hope you don't get burned.
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When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.
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Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.
 
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[Bridge]
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There are things you can replace, and others you cannot.
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The time has come to weigh those things.
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This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot.
 
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[Verse]
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I told Althea I'm a rogue inside, and I was born to be a bachelor.
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Althea told me, okay, that's fine so now I'm trying to catch her.
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Can't talk to you without talking to me, We're guilty of the same old thing.
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Thinking a lot about less and less, And forgetting the love we bring.
 
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