Martha Went Down To The Well Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dsus4][G][Asus4][A][Asus4][Dsus4]

[Verse 1]
Martha [D]went [G]down to the well,
to where [Dsus4]her love lay s[G]leeping
His [Dsus4]coat was [D]torn, his skin[G] was pale,
[Dsus4]his face was stained from [G]weeping
She [Dsus4]woke him [Asus4]up with a[D] tender kiss
and [Dsus4]asked why[D] he was gri[G]eving
He said [Dsus4]they'll n[Asus4]ever let [D]us be,[Dsus4]
[G]so I mus[Bm]t be [G]leaving
For [Asus4]your true[A] love I'm leav
[Dsus4]ing[G][Asus4][Dsus4]
Oh [D]tell me love [G]why you must go,
what have [D]I done to [G]hurt you
[Dsus4]What is i[D]t here that grie[G]ves you so
and why can[D]'t my [Dsus4]love hold[G] you?
He [A]closed his eyes and he [D]saw his father's
face all red from [Bm]scream[G]ing
[Dsus4]That working girl[Asus4] won't
[D]be your [Dsus4]wife
[G]That's [Bm]just [G]a poet's dreaming and a [Asus4]young
girl's idle schem[Dsus4]ing[G][Asus4][D][Dsus4]
She walked [D]him home [G]and on the way
His sister she [D]lay [G]waiting
You callous [D]boy, you [G]selfish boy
Your mother[D]'s heart [G]is breaking
To
[A]Martha then [D]she raised her hand saying
You must go [Asus4]and leave[G] him
He's the [Dsus4]apple on[Asus4]
his father[Dsus4]'s eye
And [Bm]you are far be[G]neath him
Go, [Asus4]stupid girl,
[A]leave him[Dsus4][G][Asus4][A][D]
[Dsus4]All that [D]night he stayed[G] away
Six nights more was missing
They found [Dsus4]him on[G]
the windswept moor
Death's icy hands around him
They [A]brought him to his
[D]father's house
[Dsus4]On silken sheets they laid h[G]im
And [Dsus4]with his [Asus4]failing b[A]reath
[D]he pra[G]yed for
Martha [Bm]to come s[G]ee him,
and [A]death's cold [Asus4]hand s to[A] free him[Dsus4][G][Asus4][A][D][Dsus4]
[D]Imath, their un[G]invited, came
To [D]where her love was [G]lying
[Dsus4]An orange[D] for his mi[G]lk -white skin
And [Dsus4]comfort in h[D]is dyi[G]ng
His [Gsus2]sister sa[A]t at[D] his deathbed
And would not let her [G]near him
But [Dsus4]with his final [Asus4]breath he[A] sighed[D], I'll[G] hold you clo[Bm]se come e[G]vening,
and [Asus4]only she [A]coul[Asus4]d hear him[Dsus4][D][G][D][G][Dsus4][D]
[G][Asus4][A][D]
[Dsus4]She stumb[G]led[Bm] through
[G]the empty streets
And heard [Bm]the death -bell [G]tolling
Weak [Bm]with fear [G]and blind with grief
She [Bm]gave in to [G]the falling
A [A]passing stranger [Asus4]caught he[D]r there,
I [Dsus4]hear deat[D]h's ange[Asus4]l calling[Bm][G]
And [Asus4]life by grie[A]f is free[D]d from me,[G]
and my poor heart is broken
Since [Asus4]my sweet love was taken[D][Dsus4]
[G][Dsus4][D][Asus4][D][Dsus4]
[D]Martha went down [G]to the well
An[Dsus4]d saw her tru[D]e love sleepin[G]g
His [D]coat was torn, [G]his skin was pale
And she [Dsus4]lay down besid[G]e him
[A]In
Bow's church[D]yard on a stone
Their names obscured by [G]weather
[Asus4]Where lov[A]e an [D]d death
has bound them [G]so
[Dsus4]They lay [G]at last[Bm] together,[G]
their [Asus4]true love seal[A]ed fore[G]ver[Dsus4][G][Dsus4][G][D][G]
[A][D][A][D][G][D]
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