Down From Dover Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

DI know this dress I'm wearing

 Doesn't Chide the secret GI have tried DconCceaG/Bling C

DWhen he left he promised me that he'd be Cback

 By the Gtime it was DrevCealG/Bing C

GThe sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow

 O'er the fields of DcloCverG/B C

DAnd time is running out for me

 I Cwish that he would Ghurry down from DDovCer G/B C

DHe's been gone so long when he Cleft

 The snow was Gdeep upon the DgroCundG/B C

DAnd I have seen a spring and summer Cpass

 And now the Gleaves are turning DbroCwn G/B C

GAnd any time a tiny face will show itself

 Cause waiting's almost DoveCr G/B C

DBut I won't have a name to give it

CIf he doesn't Ghurry down from DDovCer G/B C

DMy folks weren't understanding when they Cfound out

 They Gsent me from the DhomCe pG/Blace C

DMy daddy said if folks found out

CHe'd be ashamed to Gever show his DfacCe G/B C

GMy momma said I was a fool

 And she did not believe it when I DtolCd hG/Ber C

DMomma everythings gonna be alright

CSoon he would be Gcoming down from DDovCer G/B C

DI found a place to stay out on a Cfarm

 Takin Gcare of an old DladCy G/B C

DShe never asked me nothin

 So I Cnever talked to Gher about my DbabCy G/B C

GI send a message to my mom

 With a name an address of Mrs. Elma DGroCverG/B C

DAnd to make sure he got that Cinformation

 When Ghe came down from DDovCer G/B C

DI loved him more than anything

 And CI could not Grefuse him when he DneeCdedG/B me C

DHe was the only one I'd loved

 And I Cjust can't Gbelieve that he was DusiCng G/Bme C

GHe couldn't leave me here like this

 I know it can't be so it can't be DoveCr G/B C

DHe wouldn't make me go through this Calone

 He'll be Gcoming down from DDovCer G/B C

DMy body aches the time is here

 It's Clonely in this Gplace where I'm DlyiCn' G/B C

DOur baby has been born but something's Cwrong

 It's much too Gstill I hear no DcryCin'G/B C

GI guess in some strange way she knew

 She'd never have a father's arms to DholCd hG/Ber C

DAnd dying was her way of telling Cme

 He wasn't Gcoming down from DDovCer G/B C