SCARLET BEGONIAS
Grateful Dead

INTRO:
B     A B    A B    A B    A E
                      ... As I ...

VERSE 1:
   E                 (A)        B
As I was walkin' down Grosvenor Square
      E                        (A)         B
Not a chill to the winter but a nip to the air
A                E  B    A                  E
From the other direction she was calling my eye
A             E B    A                   E                  B
Could be an illusion but I might as well try, might as well try

VERSE 2:
        E                       (A)           B
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
      E                          (A)       B
And I knew without askin' she was into the blues
A                  E B    A                E
She wore scarlet begonias  tucked into her curls
A             E   B       A              E            B
I knew right away she was not like other girls, other girls

VERSE 3:
       E                            (A)          B
In the thick of the evening when the dealin' got rough
        E                  (A)          B
She was too pat to open and too cool to bluff
A                 E  B    A                    E
As I picked up my matches  and was closin' the door
A                  E  B    A                 E                  B
I had one of those flashes, I'd been there before, been there before

BRIDGE:
        F#
Well, I ain't often right but I've never been wrong
B                           A           E
Seldom turns out the way it does in the song
F#
Once in a while you get shown the light
       B                          A          E        F#     A     B
In the strangest of places if you look at it right

VERSE 4:
            E                           (A)      B
Well, there ain't nothin' wrong with the way she moves
    E                    (A)            B
Her scarlet begonias or a touch of the blues
A                   E     B        A                  E
And there's nothing wrong with the look that's in her eyes
A                  E    B   A                E                B
I had to learn the hard way  to let her pass by, let her pass by

SOLO: (VERSE CHORDS)

VERSE 5:
    E                            (A)      B
The wind in the willow's playing "Tea for Two"
    E                     (A)      B
The sky was yellow and the sun was blue
A                  E    B    A                    E
Strangers stopping strangers  just to shake their hand
A           E  B    A                    E                   B
Everybody's playing in the heart of gold band, heart of gold band

OUTRO:
B     A B    A B    A B   A E (repeat and fade)