Wharf Rat
Grateful Dead

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Old man down, Way down down, down by the docks of the city
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Blind and dirty, Asked me for a dime, a dime for a cup of coffee
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I got no dime but I got some time to hear his story
 
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My name is August West, And I love my Pearly Baker best more than my wine
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More than my wine, More than my maker, though he's no friend of mine
 
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Everyone said, I'd come to no good, I knew I would Pearly, believe them
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Half of my life, I spent doin' time for some other fucker's crime
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The other half found me stumbling a-round drunk on Burgundy wine
 
BRIDGE
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But I'll get back         
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On my feet again someday
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The good Lord willin'         
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If He says I may
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I know that the life
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I'm livin's no good
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I'll get a new start
A               Em
Live the life I should
 
Em                       Em
I'll get up and fly away
Em                        Asus2
I'll get up and fly away, fly away
 
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Pearly's been true, True to me, true to my dyin' day he said
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I said to him, I said to him, "I'm sure she's been."
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I said to him, "I'm sure she's been true to you."
 
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I got up and wandered, Wandered downtown, nowhere to go but just hang around
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I've got a girl, Named Bonnie Lee, I know that girl's been true to me
  Em                   D               Asus2
I know she's been, I'm sure she's been true to me