Bertha
Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, 1971
intro / bridge
G/C
G
G/C
G
1/4
1
1/4
1
verse (repeat 4x)
C
C
C
C
4
4
4
4
G/C
G/C
G/C
G
1/4
1/4
1/4
1
chorus
D
Am
G
C/D
5
2
1
4/5
C
G
D
C
4
1
5
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Am
C
2
4
I had a hard run, runnin' from your window.
I was all night runnin', runnin', Lord I wonder if you care.
I had a run in, run around and I run down.
Run around the corner, corner, Lord I run smack into a tree.
chorus
I had to move, really had to move.
That's why if you please, I am on my bended knees.
Bertha don't you come around here anymore.
Dressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea.
Try to see what's goin' down, try to read between the lines.
I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin, fallin, I turned around to see.
Heard a voice callin', you was runnin' after me.
Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into a bar door.
It's all night pourin', pourin' rainin', but not a drop on me.
Test me, test me, test me, why don't you arrest me?
Throw me into the jail house, Lord until the sun goes down.