Martha Went Down To The Well
Martha Went Down To The Well

Martha Went Down To The Well easy guitar chords by Reg Meuross

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • G

  • Dsus4

  • Asus4

  • A

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Gsus2

  • G

  • Dsus4

  • Asus4

  • A

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • Gsus2

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Martha 
    went 
    down 
    to the 
    well, 

    to where 
    her 
    love 
    lay 
    sleeping 

    His 
    coat 
    was 
    torn, 
    his 
    skin 
    was 
    pale, 

    his face 
    was 
    stained 
    from 
    weeping 

    She 
    woke 
    him 
    up 
    with a 
    tender 
    kiss 

    and 
    asked 
    why 
    he 
    was 
    griev
    ing 

    He 
    said 
    they'll 
    never 
    let 
    us 
    be, 

    so 
    must 
    be leaving 

    For 
    your 
    true 
    love 
    I'm 
    leav

    ing 

    Oh 
    tell 
    me love 
    why 
    you must 
    go, 

    what 
    have 
    I done 
    to 
    hurt 
    you 

    What 
    is 
    it here 
    that 
    grieves 
    you 
    so 

    and 
    why 
    can
    't my 
    love 
    hold 
    you? 

    He 
    closed 
    his 
    eyes 
    and 
    he 
    saw 
    his 
    father's 

    face 
    all 
    red 
    from 
    scream
    ing 

    That 
    working 
    girl 
    won't 

    be 
    your 
    wife 

    That's 
    just 
    a poet's 
    dreaming 
    and 
    young 

    girl's 
    idle 
    schem
    ing 

    She 
    walked 
    him 
    home 
    and 
    on the 
    way 

    His 
    sister 
    she 
    lay 
    waiting 

    You 
    callous 
    boy, 
    you 
    selfish 
    boy 

    Your 
    mother
    's 
    heart 
    is 
    breaking 

    To 

    Martha 
    then 
    she raised 
    her 
    hand 
    saying 

    You 
    must 
    go 
    and 
    leave 
    him 

    He's 
    the 
    apple 
    on 

    his 
    father
    's 
    eye 

    And 
    you 
    are far 
    be
    neath 
    him 

    Go, 
    stupid 
    girl, 

    leave 
    him 

    All 
    that 
    night 
    he 
    stayed 
    away 

    Six 
    nights 
    more 
    was 
    missing 

    They 
    found 
    him 
    on 

    the windswept 
    moor 

    Death's 
    icy 
    hands 
    around 
    him 

    They 
    brought 
    him 
    to 
    his 

    father's 
    house 

    On 
    silken 
    sheets 
    they 
    laid 
    him 

    And 
    with his 
    failing 
    breath 

    he 
    prayed 
    for 

    Martha 
    to 
    come 
    see 
    him, 

    and 
    death's 
    cold 
    hand
    s to 
    free 
    him 

    Imath, 
    their 
    un
    invited, 
    came 

    To 
    where 
    her love 
    was 
    lying 

    An 
    orange 
    for 
    his milk 
    -white skin 

    And 
    comfort 
    in 
    his 
    dy
    ing 

    His 
    sister 
    sat 
    at 
    his 
    deathbed 

    And 
    would 
    not 
    let 
    her 
    near 
    him 

    But 
    with 
    his fi
    nal 
    breath 
    he 
    sighed, 
    I'll 
    hold 
    you 
    close 
    come 
    evening, 

    and 
    only 
    she 
    could 
    hear 
    him 


    She 
    stumbled 
    through 

    the 
    empty 
    streets 

    And 
    heard 
    the death 
    -bell 
    tolling 

    Weak 
    with 
    fear 
    and 
    blind 
    with grief 

    She 
    gave 
    in 
    to 
    the 
    falling 

    passing 
    stranger 
    caught 
    her 
    there, 

    hear 
    death's 
    angel 
    call
    ing 

    And 
    life 
    by 
    grief 
    is 
    freed 
    from 
    me, 

    and 
    my 
    poor 
    heart 
    is 
    broken 

    Since 
    my 
    sweet 
    love 
    was 
    taken 


    Martha 
    went 
    down 
    to 
    the well 

    An
    saw 
    her 
    true love 
    sleeping 

    His 
    coat 
    was 
    torn, 
    his 
    skin 
    was 
    pale 

    And 
    she 
    lay 
    down 
    beside 
    him 

    In

    Bow's 
    church
    yard 
    on 
    stone 

    Their 
    names 
    obscured 
    by 
    weather 

    Where 
    love 
    an
    death 

    has 
    bound 
    them 
    so 

    They 
    lay 
    at 
    last 
    together, 

    their 
    true 
    love 
    sealed 
    forever 


    you 

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