• Song:

    Dire Wolf

  • Artist:

    Grateful Dead

  • Album:

    Workingman's Dead (Rhin...

I took the other tab on this website and tweaked it a little to try & get closer 
to this acoustic version of Dire Wolf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6zc1AaApNU&fmt=18



Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead

Standard Tuning

Intro:

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--1-1-0-----0---|---------1----|-------1---1----|-1-1-0---|
--------2---0---|-0h1-2---2----|-0h2h4-----0----|-------2-|
------------0---|-------3-3----|-----------2----|---------|
------------2---|--------------|---------3-3----|---------|
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GIn (320003@1)the timbers of Fennario,
    Bb (x1333x@1)               FThe (133211@1)wolves are running 'round.
    FThe (133211@1)winter was so hard and cold,
                          GFroze (320003@1)ten feet 'neath the ground.

F (133211@1)    GDon't (320003@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        C* C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)    C* = open Don (xx0232@1)4th string
I beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              CPlease, (x32010@1)don't murder me.

GI (320003@1)sat down to my supper,
 Bb (x1333x@1)                     F'Twas (133211@1)a bottle of red whisky.
  FI (133211@1)said my prayers and went to bed,
           C (x32010@1)       C/BC/Bb (x2555x@1) AmThat's (x02210@1)the last they saw of    me.

G (320003@1)    FDon't (133211@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        C* C (x32010@1) F (133211@1)I beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2555x@1">C/B
Please, don't murder me.

C/Bb Am (x02210@1)         GWhen (320003@1)I awoke, the Dire Wolf,
    C (x32010@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)      FSix (133211@1)hundred pounds of sin,
FWas (133211@1)grinning at my window,
                        GAll (320003@1)I said was "Come on in".

F (133211@1)    GDon't (320003@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        E?     AmI (x02210@1)beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1)F (133211@1)               CPlease, (x32010@1)don't murder me.

C/Bb Am (x02210@1)         GThe (320003@1)Wolf came in, I got my cards,
    C (x32010@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)  FWe (133211@1)sat down for a game.
FI (133211@1)cut my deck to the Queen of Spades,
                           GBut (320003@1)the cards were all the same.

F (133211@1)    GDon't (320003@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        E?    AmI (x02210@1)beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1)F (133211@1)               CPlease, (x32010@1)don't murder me.

[[solo]]

GIn (320003@1)the backwash of Fennario,
    Bb (x1333x@1)             FThe (133211@1)black and bloody mire,
    FThe (133211@1)Dire Wolf collects his due,
                               GWhile (320003@1)the boys sing 'round the fire.

F (133211@1)    GDon't (320003@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        C* C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              CPlease, (x32010@1)don't murder me.

G (320003@1)    FDon't (133211@1)murder me,
         C (x32010@1)        E?    AmI (x02210@1)beg of you, don't murder me.
G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)   C (x32010@1)name="chord_x2555x@1">C/B C/A
Please, don't murder me.

G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              CPlease, (x32010@1)don't murder me.

outro

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