Chords for Grateful Dead - "Bertha" - Grateful Dead 'Skull & Roses' (1971)

Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

D

Am

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Grateful Dead - "Bertha" - Grateful Dead 'Skull & Roses' (1971) chords
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[G]
[C] I had a hard time running from [G] your window.
I [C] was all night running, running.
Lord, I wonder if [G] you can have
[C] a run in.
Run around and [G] run down, run [C] around the corner, corner.
Lord, I was back into [G] a tree.
I [D] had to move, [Am] [G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C]
family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs [C] come around me, [G] get it all.
[C] Just myself and green.
Lord, I went around [G] the house, trying [C] to see what's going down.
Lord, I tried to read between [G] the lines.
I had [C] a feeling I was falling, falling, falling.
Lord, I turned around [G] to see.
And I [C] thought I saw him.
Lord, he was running after [G] me.
I had [D] to move, [Am]
[G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C] family's [Am] knees.
Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get it [G] all.
[C] Ran into a rainstorm.
I dug back [G] into a pothole.
It's [C] all on the farm here.
Sorry, Lord, but not on [G] top of me.
Lord, test [C] me, test me, test me, test me, test me.
Why don't [G] you arrest me?
Throw me [C] into the tent house.
Go and tell me to [G] go down.
I'm telling you now.
[D] I had [A] to move, [G] really had to [C] move.
That's [G] why if you please, [D] I am on my family's [E] knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get [G] it all.
[C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G]
[C]
[E]
[G]
I had [D] to move, [A]
really had to move.
[C] That's [G] why if you please, I [D] am on my [C] family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get [G] it all.
I [D] had to [A] move, [G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C]
family's [Am] knees.
Birds and [C] dogs come around me, [G] get it all.
[D] I had to [Am] move, [G] really had to [D] move.
[C] That's why if you please, [D] I am on my [C] family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs [C] come around me, get it [G] all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
Get it all.
[Em]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
Am
2311
A
1231
G
2131
C
3211
D
1321
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To learn Grateful Dead - (Live at Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 27, 1971) Bertha chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: D, G, C and G. For best results, commence at 46 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 92. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of C Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I had a hard time _ _ _ running from [G] your window.
_ _ _ I [C] was all night running, running.
_ Lord, I wonder if [G] you can have _ _ _ _
[C] a run in.
_ _ Run around and [G] run down, _ _ _ run [C] around the corner, corner.
_ Lord, I was back into [G] a tree. _ _ _ _ _
I [D] had to move, [Am] _ _ [G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C]
family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs [C] come around me, [G] get it all. _
_ _ _ [C] Just myself and green. _
_ _ Lord, I went around [G] the house, _ _ _ _ trying [C] to see what's going down.
_ Lord, I tried to read between [G] the lines. _
_ _ I had [C] a feeling I was falling, falling, falling.
_ Lord, I turned around [G] to see. _
_ _ And I [C] thought I saw him. _
_ Lord, he was running after [G] me. _ _
_ _ _ I had [D] to move, [Am] _
_ [G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C] family's [Am] knees.
Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get it [G] all. _ _ _ _
[C] Ran into a rainstorm.
_ _ _ I dug back [G] into a pothole. _ _ _
It's [C] all on the farm here.
Sorry, Lord, but not on [G] top of me.
Lord, _ test [C] me, test me, test me, test me, test me.
Why don't [G] you arrest me? _ _ _ _
Throw me [C] into the tent house.
_ Go and tell me to [G] go down.
_ I'm telling you now. _
_ [D] I had [A] to move, _ [G] really had to [C] move.
That's [G] why if you please, [D] I am on my family's [E] knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get [G] it all. _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I had [D] to move, [A] _
_ really had to move.
[C] That's [G] why if you please, I [D] am on my [C] family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs come [C] around me, get [G] it all. _ _ _ _ _
I [D] had to [A] move, _ [G] really had to move.
[C] That's why [G] if you please, [D] I am on my [C]
family's [Am] knees.
Birds and [C] dogs come around me, [G] get it all. _
_ _ _ _ [D] I had to [Am] move, _ [G] really had to [D] move.
[C] That's why if you please, [D] I am on my [C] family's knees.
[Am] Birds and dogs [C] come around me, get it [G] all.
_ Get it all.
_ Get it all.
_ Get it all.
_ Get it all. _ _ _ _
_ Get it all.
_ Get it all.
Get it all.
_ _ _ _ _ Get it all. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _

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