Althea
{INTRO x2}
[Bm A E A]
[Bm A E 🫠]
[Bm A E A]
I told Althea I was feeling lost
[Bm A E]
Lackin’ in some direction
[Bm A E A]
Althea told me upon scrutiny that my
[Bm A E 🫠]
Back might need protection
[A C#m]
I told Althea that treachery
[D A]
Was tearin’ me limb from limb
[C#m E 🫠]
Althea told me, now, cool down boy
[Bm A E]
Simmer back, easy Jim
{SOLO}
[Bm A E A]
[Bm A E 🫠]
[Bm A E A]
[Bm A E 🫠]
You may be Saturday’s child all grown
Movin’ with pinch of grace
You may be a clown in the burying ground
Or just another pretty face
[A C#m]
You my be the fate of Ophelia
[D A]
Sleepin’ and perchance to dream
[C#m E 🫠]
Honest to the point of recklessness
[Bm A E]
Self-centered to the extreme
{SOLO}
Ain’t nobody messin’ with you but you
Your friends are getting most concerned
Loose with the truth baby, it’s your fire
Baby, I hope you don’t get burned
[A C#m]
When the smoke has cleared she said,
[D A]
That’s what she said to me
[C#m E 🫠]
Gonna want a bed to lay your head
Bm A E
And a little sympathy
{SOLO}
[D G (Bass G F# F E)]
There are things you can replace
[E]
And others you can not
[D G (Bass G F# F E)]
The time has come to weigh those things
[E 🫠]
This space is getting hot
[Bm A E]
You know this space is getting hot.
{SOLO }
I told Althea I’m a roving sign
And I was born to be a bachelor
Althea told me, OK, that’s fine
So now I’m tryin’ to catch her
[A C#m]
Can’t talk to you without talkin’ to me
[D A]
We’re guilty of the same old thing
[C#m E 🫠]
Thinkin’ a lot about less and less
[Bm A E]
And forgetting the love we bring
{SOLO}
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Main Lick:
This is played with a lot of variation
across different versions of the song.
Sounds great when the first 4 notes drag.
Bm A E A
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