Wharf Rat chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

Wharf Rat - Grateful Dead





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Old man down,
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Way down down, down by the docks of the city.
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Blind and dirty,
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Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.
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I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.

My name is August West,
And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine.
More than my wine -
More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.

Everyone said,
I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them.
Half of my life,
I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime,
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The other half found me stumbling 'round drunk on Burgundy wine

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But I'll get back   on my feet again someday,
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The good Lord willin',   if He says I may.
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I know that the life   I'm livin's no good,
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I'll get a new start,    live the life I should.

Break

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I'll get up and fly away,
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I'll get up and fly away, fly away.

Pearly's been true,
True to me, true to my dyin' day he said,
I said to him,
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."
I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."

Got up and wandered,
Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around.
I've got a girl,
Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.