Chords for Down From Dover
Tempo:
53.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Eb
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [D]
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing.
[D] [G] [D] When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing.
[C] The sun behind the classic crawling shadow of [D] the fields of clover.
[C] [D] And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover.
I've been gone so long, when I left the snow was deep upon the ground.
She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown.
[C] At any time a tiny face will show itself, the [D] waiting's almost over.
[A] [D] But she won't have a name to give it if I don't hurry down from Dover.
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place.
[C] [D] My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face.
[C] My mama said I was a fool, she did not believe it [D] when I told her [G] [D] that everything would be alright.
But soon he would be coming down from Dover.
[Eb] She loved me more than anything, she could [Ab] not refuse me [Eb] when I needed her.
She was the only one I loved and she did not believe that I was using her.
[Db] He couldn't leave me here like that, me so [Eb] incapable.
Don't make her go through this alone or [N] I'll be coming.
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing.
[D] [G] [D] When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing.
[C] The sun behind the classic crawling shadow of [D] the fields of clover.
[C] [D] And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover.
I've been gone so long, when I left the snow was deep upon the ground.
She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown.
[C] At any time a tiny face will show itself, the [D] waiting's almost over.
[A] [D] But she won't have a name to give it if I don't hurry down from Dover.
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place.
[C] [D] My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face.
[C] My mama said I was a fool, she did not believe it [D] when I told her [G] [D] that everything would be alright.
But soon he would be coming down from Dover.
[Eb] She loved me more than anything, she could [Ab] not refuse me [Eb] when I needed her.
She was the only one I loved and she did not believe that I was using her.
[Db] He couldn't leave me here like that, me so [Eb] incapable.
Don't make her go through this alone or [N] I'll be coming.
Key:
D
C
Eb
G
F
D
C
Eb
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_ I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing.
[D] _ [G] [D] When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing.
_ [C] The sun behind the classic crawling shadow of [D] the fields of clover.
_ [C] [D] And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover.
_ I've been gone so long, when I left the snow was deep upon the ground. _
_ She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown.
_ [C] At any time a tiny face will show itself, the [D] waiting's almost over.
_ [A] [D] But she won't have a name to give it if I don't hurry down from Dover.
_ My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place.
[C] [D] My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face.
_ [C] My mama said I was a fool, she did not believe it [D] when I told her _ [G] [D] that everything would be alright.
But soon he would be coming down from Dover.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ She loved me more than anything, she could [Ab] not refuse me [Eb] when I needed her.
_ She was the only one I loved and she did not believe that I was using her.
_ [Db] He couldn't leave me here like that, me so [Eb] incapable.
_ _ Don't make her go through this alone or [N] I'll be coming. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I've tried concealing.
[D] _ [G] [D] When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the time it was revealing.
_ [C] The sun behind the classic crawling shadow of [D] the fields of clover.
_ [C] [D] And time is running out for me, I wish that he would hurry down from Dover.
_ I've been gone so long, when I left the snow was deep upon the ground. _
_ She has seen the spring and summer come and now the leaves are turning brown.
_ [C] At any time a tiny face will show itself, the [D] waiting's almost over.
_ [A] [D] But she won't have a name to give it if I don't hurry down from Dover.
_ My folks weren't understanding when they found out they sent me from the home place.
[C] [D] My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to ever show his face.
_ [C] My mama said I was a fool, she did not believe it [D] when I told her _ [G] [D] that everything would be alright.
But soon he would be coming down from Dover.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ She loved me more than anything, she could [Ab] not refuse me [Eb] when I needed her.
_ She was the only one I loved and she did not believe that I was using her.
_ [Db] He couldn't leave me here like that, me so [Eb] incapable.
_ _ Don't make her go through this alone or [N] I'll be coming. _ _ _ _ _ _
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