Dire Wolf Chords
Dire Wolf by Greatful Dead is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, A, C#7, G, G#7, G7, F#7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E D A E
E D A
In the timbers of Fennario the wolves are running 'round.
D E
The winter was so hard and cold froze ten feet 'neath the ground.
D E A - C#7 - D E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please, don't murder me.
E G D
I sat down to my supper, 'twas a bottle of red whiskey.
A G#7-G7-F#7
I said my prayers and went to bed, that's the last they saw of me.
E D A - C#7 - D E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please, don't murder me.
F#m E A - G - D
When I awoke, the Dire Wolf, six hundred pounds of sin,
E
was grinning at my window, all I said was 'come on in'
D E A - C#7 - F#m E D A
don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please, don't murder me.
F#m E A - G - D
The Wolf came in, I got my cards, we sat down for a game
E
I cut my deck to the Queen of Spades, but the cards were all the same
D E A - C#7 - D E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please, don't murder me.
Solo: A E (D E A-C#7-F#m E D A) (E D A-C#7-F#m D E A)
E D A
In the backwash of Fennario, the black and bloody mire,
D E
The Dire Wolf collect his due while the boys sing 'round the fire.
D E A - C#7 - D E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please don't murder me
E D A - C#7 - F#m E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please don't murder me
E D A - C#7 - F#m E D A
Don't murder me, I beg of you, don't murder me, please don't murder me