Written by Félix Leclerc / Robert Hunter
Althea (From Go To Heaven) (Garcia Hunter) Intro Bm A E A Bm A E Bm A E A (SN Bass F G#-A-A#-B) I told Althea I was feeling lost Bm A E (SN Bass F G#-A-A#-B) Lackin in some direction Bm A E A (SN Bass F G#-A-A#-B) Althea told me upon scrutiny that my Bm A E (SN Bass E-F#-G#-A) Back might need protection A C#m I told Althea that treachery D A Was tearin me limb from limb C#m E (SN Bass F G#-A-A#-B) Althea told me, now, cool down boy Bm A E Simmer back, easy Jim You may be Saturday child all grown Movin with pinch of grace You may be a clown in the burying ground Or just another pretty face You my be the fate of Ophelia Sleepin and perchance to dream Honest to the point of recklessness Self-centered to the extreme Ain nobody messin with you but you Your friends are getting most concerned Loose with the truth baby, it your fire Baby, I hope you don get burned When the smoke has cleared she said, That what she said to me Gonna want a bed to lay your head And a little sympathy D G (SN Bass G-F#-F-E) There are things you can replace E And others you can not D G (SN Bass G-F#-F-E) The time has come to weigh those things E (SN Bass F G#-A-A#-B) This space is getting hot Bm A E You know this space is getting hot. I told Althea I a roving sign And I was born to be a bachelor Althea told me, OK, that fine So now I tryin to catch her Can talk to you without talkin to me We guilty of the same old thing Thinkin a lot about less and less And forgetting the love we bring Intro-Main Riff