Dire Wolf
The Grateful Dead 

(C)(C)(B)(A)
      G  F  C  (C)(B)
             (A)      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
                                  Don't murder me
                               G             C               Bb         F
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me

              I sat down to my supper
              T'was a bottle of red whiskey
              I said my prayers and went to bed
                              (C)  (C)  (B) (Bb)Am
              That's the last they saw of me

                                                         G
                                  Don't murder me
                               F              C               C/E       F
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me

                                          (C)(B)(Bb)   Am                 G
                                                      When I awoke, the Dire Wolf
                                                            C           Bb             F
                                                      Six hundred pounds of sin
                                                              F
                                                      Was grinnin at my window
                                                                              (F) (Gb) G
                                                      All I said was "come on in"

                                                         F
                                  Don't murder me
                               G              C               E          Am
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me

                                                      The wolf came in, I got my cards
                                                      We sat down for a game
                                                      I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades
                                                      But the cards were all the same

                                  Don't murder me
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me
                                                *Solo*   (1st verse & chorus)

              In the backwash of Fennario
              The black and bloody mire
              The Dire Wolf collects his due
              While the boys sing round the fire

                                                         G
                                  Don't murder me
                               F              C               C/E       F
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me

                                 (C)     (B)(A)   G
                                  Don't murder me
                               F              C               E          Am
                                  I beg of you, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me
                                  G    F                              C       G  C  G  C
                                  Ple~ease, don't murder me...
      


  Copyright 1970 Ice Nine Publishing, Inc.
  By Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia
  Working Man's Dead





   Chords:
           G  F  C  Bb Am C/E E
       e |-3--1--0-----0------0--
       B |-0--1--1--3--1------0--
       G |-0--2--0--3--2------1--
       D |-0--3--2--3--2------2--
       A |-2--3--3--1--0------2--
       E |-3--1------------0--0--







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