Grateful Dead - Dire Wolf Chords

Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead

Standard Tuning


Intro:

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       G
In the timbers of Fennario,
    Bb                 F
The wolves are running 'round.
    F
The winter was so hard and cold,
                          G
Froze ten feet 'neath the ground.

             F      G
Don't murder me,
         C          C* C   F      C* = open D on 4th string
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G   F                C
Please, don't murder me.

  G
I sat down to my supper,
 Bb                       F
'Twas a bottle of red whisky.
  F
I said my prayers and went to bed,
           C         C/B C/Bb  Am
That's the last they saw of    me.

             G      F
Don't murder me,
         C          C* C   F 
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G   F                C     C C/B
Please, don't murder me.

C/Bb Am           G
When I awoke, the Dire Wolf,
    C       Bb        F
Six hundred pounds of sin,
F
Was grinning at my window,
                        G
All I said was "Come on in".

             F      G
Don't murder me,
         C          E?     Am
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G  F                 C
Please, don't murder me.

C/Bb Am           G
The Wolf came in, I got my cards,
    C       Bb    F
We sat down for a game.
F
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades,
                           G
But the cards were all the same.


             F      G
Don't murder me,
         C          E?    Am
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G  F                 C
Please, don't murder me.

[[solo]]

       G
In the backwash of Fennario,
    Bb               F
The black and bloody mire,
    F
The Dire Wolf collects his due,
                               G
While the boys sing 'round the fire.

             F      G
Don't murder me,
         C          C* C   F
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G   F                C
Please, don't murder me.

             G      F
Don't murder me,
         C          E?    Am
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G   F                C     C C/B C/A
Please, don't murder me.

G   F                C
Please, don't murder me.

outro

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