Scarlet Begonias

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[Verse 1]
C F G
As I was walkin' down Grosvenor Square,
C F G
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air,
F C G F C
From the other direction she was calling my eye,
F C G F C G
Could be an illusion but I might as well try, might as well try.
[Verse 2]
C F G
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes,
C F G
And I knew without askin' she was into the blues.
F C G F C
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls,
F C G F C G
I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls.
[Verse 3]
C F G
In the heat of the evening when the dealin' got rough,
C F G
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff.
F C G F C
As I picked up my matches and was closin' the door,
F C G F C G
I had one of those flashes, I'd been there before, been there before.
[Bridge]
D
Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong,
G F C
Seldom turns out the way it does in the song.
D
Once in a while you get shown the light
G F C
In the strangest of places if you look at it right.
D. F. G
[Verse 4]
C F G
Well there ain't nothin' wrong with the way she moves,
C F G
All scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues.
F C G F C
And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes
F C G F C G
I had to learn the hard way to let her pass by, let her pass by.
[Verse 5]
C F G
The wind in the willow's playing "Tea for Two,"
C F G
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue,
F C G F C
Strangers stopping strangers just to shake their hand,
F C G F C G
Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band.

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[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Bridge]
D.     F.     G
[Verse 4]
[Verse 5]

Scarlet Begonias Chords by Grateful Dead

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