wellspring chords by
Jeffrey Martin
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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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Danny's father was a drinker,
Em Em 
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he couldn't quit to save his life
C C 
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Or that of his son,
Or his daughter,
D D 
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Or his beautiful wife.
G G 
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He left one night after he murdered
Em Em 
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His best friend with a knife.
C C 
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He snuck away into the dark
Am Am 
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D D 
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And didn't stop to say
G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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goodbye.
G G 
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He rode twelve days to the border
Em Em 
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Where the claiber of a man
C C 
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Was measured by the caliber
Em Em 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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Of the pistol in his hand.
G G 
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He lasted a week before the others
Em Em 
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Saw that he was a man
from whom to take,
C C 
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And on a Saturday night,
D D 
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G G 
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He was shot after a card game.
In a drunken bloody stupor,
Em Em 
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He climbed on his horse and headed north.
C C 
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He went crying through the night,
Am Am 
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D D 
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Trying to get back home.
G G 
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And at dawn he was not dead,
Em Em 
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But he was dying of thirst.
C C 
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And his horse found a well
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G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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In the middle of the desert.
G G 
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He slumped off to take a drink,
Em Em 
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Slipped and cracked his
head on the edge,
C C 
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And Danny's father fell and
D D 
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sank into the darkness.
G G 
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And at that very hour,
Em Em 
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Danny woke to the screams
C C 
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Of his sister
And his mother
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D D 
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G G 
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And a band of Apaches.
Danny's mother grabbed a shotgun
Em Em 
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And opened the front door,
C C 
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And found a hatchet in her chest
D D 
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Before she could do anything more.
G G 
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And his sister was pulled
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From the house and then went silent
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D D 
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Danny knew there was nothing left to do
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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But make a run for it.
G G 
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He rode hard without stopping
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Three days and nights away from hell.
C C 
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He passed out on his horse
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D D 
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And it led him to a well
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He woke baking in the sun
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And could not believe his eyes.
C C 
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He drew up bucket after bucket
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G G 
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Em Em 
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And drank water through the night.
C C 
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He drew up bucket after bucket
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G G 
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And drank water through the night.
His belly full, sun now hot,
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He began to fel the rot
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Work its way through his veins
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D D 
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And into the depths  of his brain.
G G 
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And his horse began to stammer
Em Em 
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And kick with the craze.
C C 
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Danny knew then
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Am Am 
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D D 
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That the water in the well
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Em Em 
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Was unsafe.
C C 
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Danny knew then
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Am Am 
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D D 
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That the water in the well
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Em Em 
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C C 
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D D 
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Was unsafe.
G G 
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As he lay dying with his horse,
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He somehow came to understand
C C 
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It was the death of his father
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Where his own death began.
G G 
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And no man can escape
Em Em 
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The sins his father makes
C C 
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He is bound in blood
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To what he does
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Am Am 
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D D 
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And all that he takes.
G G 
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And no man can escape
Em Em 
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The sins his father makes
C C 
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He is bound in blood
Em Em 
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To what he does
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G G 
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Em Em 
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And all that he takes.
C C 
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He is bound in blood
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To what he does
D D 
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An d all that he takes.
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