{"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":281519,"song":"Wharf Rat","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/281519-wharf-rat-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/281519?type=chord","rating":4.74883,"votes":494,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nOld man down, way down down, down by the docks of the city.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nBlind and dirty, asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI got no dime but I got some time to hear his story.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Asus2[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\n\"My name is August West, and I love my Pearly Baker best, more than my wine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nMore than my wine, more than my maker, though he's no friend of mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nEveryone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would, Pearly believed them.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nHalf of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nThe other half found me stumbling around drunk on Burgundy wine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge] (3/4 time)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll get back          on my feet someday,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe good Lord willin',        if He says I may.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know that the life              I'm livin's no good,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Asus4[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'll get a new start,            live the life I should.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break] (Back to 4/4 time)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                                  [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI'll get up and fly away, I'll get up and fly away, fly away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nPearly's been true, true to me, true to my dyin' day\" he said.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Asus2[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI said to him, I said to him, \"I'm sure she's been.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI said to him, \"I'm sure she's been true to you.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Asus2[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI got up and wandered, wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just to hang around.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Asus2[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI've got a girl, named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Asus2[/ch]\r\nI know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge] (3/4 time)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break] (Back to 4/4 time)\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["Asus2","Em","D","G","G/D","A","C","Dsus4","Asus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}