Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
Asus4
D
C
D
(Dolly Parton)
Verse 2
Bm
D
Asus4
D
C
the secret I've tried concealing
D
C
When he left he promised me he'd be back
Bm
D
Asus4
D
by the time it was revealing
C
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling
D
Asus4
D
C
shadow o'er the fields of clover
C
G
D
Asus4
D
C
I wish that he would hurry down from Dover
C
G
D
Asus4
D
C
when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
D
C
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and
G
D
Asus4
D
now the leaves are turning brown
C
G
Bm
D
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover,
Asus4
D
C
from Dover, from Dover
Verse 3
C
Bm
D
Asus4
D
C
when they found out they sent me from the home place
D
C
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be
G
D
Asus4
D
ashamed to ever show his face
D
Asus4
D
C
she did not believe it when I told her
D
C
Momma, everything's gonna be all right 'cause soon
G
D
he would be coming down from Dover
I found a place to stay out on a farm takin' care of that old lady
She never asked me nuthin'
Verse 4
D
so I never
talked to her about my baby
I sent a messgae to my mom with a name
And to make sure he got that information
when he came down from Dover
Verse 5
Eb
Db
I loved him more than anything and I could
Ab
Eb
not refuse him when he needed me
Ab
Eb
can't believe that he was usin' me
Eb
Bbsus4
Eb
I know it can't be so, it can't be over
Db
He wouldn't make me go through this alone,
Ab
Eb
Bbsus4
Eb
Bbsus4
he'll be coming down from Dover
Verse 6
Eb
Db
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in
Ab
Eb
Bbsus4
Eb
this place where I'm lying
Db
Our baby has been born, but something's wrong,
Ab
Eb
it's too still, I hear no crying
Db
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd
Db
Ab
Eb
So dying was her way of tellin' me he wasn't coming down from Dover,
from Dover, from Dover
Db
Ab
Down from Dover
Outro 1
Eb
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