Down from Dover chords by
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton

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Key: D major
Verse 1
D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

D
D

(Dolly Parton)
Verse 2
C
C

I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide
Bm
Bm

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

the secret I've tried concealing
D
D

C
C

When he left he promised me he'd be back
Bm
Bm

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

by the time it was revealing
C
C

The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling
D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

shadow o'er the fields of clover
D
D

And time is running out for me,
C
C

G
G

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

I wish that he would hurry down from Dover
D
D

He's been gone so long,
C
C

G
G

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

when he left the snow was deep upon the ground
D
D

C
C

And I have seen a spring and summer pass and
G
G

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

now the leaves are turning brown
C
C

At any time a tiny face will show itself
D
D

'cause waiting's almost over
C
C

G
G

Bm
Bm

D
D

But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry down from Dover,
Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

from Dover, from Dover
Verse 3
D
D

My folks weren't understanding,
C
C

Bm
Bm

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

when they found out they sent me from the home place
D
D

C
C

My daddy said if folks found out he'd be
G
G

D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

ashamed to ever show his face
C
C

My mamma said I was a fool,
D
D

Asus4
Asus4

D
D

C
C

she did not believe it when I told her
D
D

C
C

Momma, everything's gonna be all right 'cause soon
G
G

D
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
D

so I never
talked to her about my baby
I sent a messgae to my mom with a name
Eb
Eb

and address of Ms. ol' Grover
And to make sure he got that information
when he came down from Dover
Verse 5
Eb
Eb

Db
Db

I loved him more than anything and I could
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

not refuse him when he needed me
Db
Db

He was the only one I'd loved and I just
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

can't believe that he was usin' me
Db
Db

He wouldn't leave me here like this,
Eb
Eb

Bbsus4
Bbsus4

Eb
Eb

I know it can't be so, it can't be over
Db
Db

He wouldn't make me go through this alone,
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Bbsus4
Bbsus4

Eb
Eb

Bbsus4
Bbsus4

he'll be coming down from Dover
Verse 6
Eb
Eb

Db
Db

My body aches the time is here it's lonely in
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

Bbsus4
Bbsus4

Eb
Eb

this place where I'm lying
Db
Db

Our baby has been born, but something's wrong,
Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

it's too still, I hear no crying
Db
Db

I guess in some strange way she knew she'd
Eb
Eb

never have a father's arms to hold her
Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Eb
Eb

So dying was her way of tellin' me he wasn't coming down from Dover,
from Dover, from Dover
Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Down from Dover
Outro 1
Eb
Eb

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