Dire Wolf

Grateful Dead

Key of A · Chords: I III IV V VII bV vi

Instrumental

E D A A

Verse 1

       E          E            G                  D
In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running 'round.
    D                      D          D               Eb  E      E
The winter was so hard and cold froze ten feet 'neath the ground.
E            D      E     A             C#7      D
Don't murder me,    I beg of you, don't murder   me,
E          D            A  A D Eb
please,    don't murder me.

Verse 2

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I sat down to my supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey.
  D                   D                       A         Ab  G  F#m7
I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of me.
F#m          E      D     A             C#7      D
Don't murder me,    I beg of you, don't murder   me,
E         D            A  A Ab G
please,   don't murder me.

Verse 3

     F#m               E     A           G             D
When I awoke, the Dire Wolf, six hundred pounds of sin,
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was grinning at my window, all I said was 'come on in'
E            D      E     A             C#7      F#m
Don't murder me,    I beg of you, don't murder   me,
E         D            A  A Ab G
please,   don't murder me.

Verse 4

    F#m                 E            A        G         D
The Wolf came in, I got my cards, we sat down for a game
  D                        D                  D              Eb  E   E
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades, but the cards were all the same
E            D      E     A             C#7      F#m
Don't murder me,    I beg of you, don't murder   me,
E         D            A  A Ab G
please,   don't murder me.

Verse 5

       E           E             G                D
In the backwash of Fennario, the black and bloody mire,
    D         D                               D    Eb         E    E
The Dire Wolf collects his due while the boys sing 'round the fire.
E            E      D     A             C#7      F#m
Don't murder me,    I beg of you, don't murder   me,
E         D            A  A D Eb
please,   don't murder me.
E         D            A  E7 A
please,   don't murder me.