{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1080635,"song":"Dire Wolf","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1080635-dire-wolf-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1080635?type=chord","rating":4.93474,"votes":359,"content":"Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead\r\n\r\nWords by Robert Hunter\r\nMusic by Jerry Garcia\r\n\r\nLive acoustic version - Tom Snyder's \"The Tomorrow Show\", May 7th 1981\r\n(https://youtu.be/RXNQ5SNwTiM?si=cPlEEYPUR0jsNe0H)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------------|---------3~----3--5-|---3----------------|---------------------|------------------|\r\nB|----------------|--------------------|-----4--5\\3--1------|-1-------------------|------------------|\r\nG|----5---4---2---|-0--2/4-------------|---------------2--0-|----0-----0h2p0------|------------------|\r\nD|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------0-------2--0-|------------------|\r\nA|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|-3---3--3-2---0---|\r\nE|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the timbers of Fennario[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe wolves are running 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe winter was so hard and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFroze ten feet 'neath the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI sat down to my supper[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Twas a bottle of red whisky[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI said my prayers and went to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat's the last they saw of   me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I awoke, the Dire Wolf[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSix hundred pounds of sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWas grinning at my window[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll I said was \"Come on in\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe  Wolf came in, I got my cards[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe sat down for a game[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI cut my deck to the Queen of Spades[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the cards were all the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]Bb[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]    | [ch]F[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]    | [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C/A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the backwash of Fennario[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe black and bloody mire[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Dire Wolf collects his due[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the boys sing 'round the fire[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Csus2[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDon't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI beg of you, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch] [ch]C/A[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Please, don't murder me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Ending]\r\n                              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------1---------1-------|\r\nG|-----------------------------0-------|\r\nD|-------------0-1-2-----------2-------|\r\nA|----0-2-3--------------------3-------|\r\nE|--3--------------------(3)---3-------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n******************************\r\n\r\n|  h   Hammer-on\r\n|  p   Pull-off\r\n|  /   Slide up\r\n|  \\   Slide down\r\n|  ~   Vibrato\r\n| (n)  Played by bass\r\n\r\n******************************","plain_text":"Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead\n\nWords by Robert Hunter\nMusic by Jerry Garcia\n\nLive acoustic version - Tom Snyder's \"The Tomorrow Show\", May 7th 1981\n(https://youtu.be/RXNQ5SNwTiM?si=cPlEEYPUR0jsNe0H)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n| G    | G    | Bb   | F    |\n| F    | F    | F    | G    |\n\n| F    | G    | C    | F    |\n| G    | F    | C    | C  C/B\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n******************************\n\n|  h   Hammer-on\n|  p   Pull-off\n|  /   Slide up\n|  \\   Slide down\n|  ~   Vibrato\n| (n)  Played by bass\n\n******************************","chords":["G","F","C","B","D","A","E","Bb","Csus2","C/B","C/Bb","Am","E7","C/A","C/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}