Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton - Down From Dover guitar chord

On the "G/B" only play the 4 middle strings, dont hit high E

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D

I know this dress I'm wearing

C G D C G/B C

Doesn't hide the secret I have tried concealing

D C

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

G D C G/B C

By the time it was revealing

G

The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow

D C G/B C

O'er the fields of clover

D

And time is running out for me

C G D C G/B C

I wish that he would hurry down from Dover

D C

He's been gone so long when he left

G D C G/B C

The snow was deep upon the ground

D C

And I have seen a spring and summer pass

G D C G/B C

And now the leaves are turning brown

G

And any time a tiny face will show itself

D C G/B C

Cause waiting's almost over

D

But I won't have a name to give it

C G D C G/B C

If he doesn't hurry down from Dover

D C

My folks weren't understanding when they found out

G D C G/B C

They sent me from the home place

D

My daddy said if folks found out

C G D C G/B C

He'd be ashamed to ever show his face

G

My momma said I was a fool

D C G/B C

And she did not believe it when I told her

D

Momma everythings gonna be alright

C G D C G/B C

Soon he would be coming down from Dover

D C

I found a place to stay out on a farm

G D C G/B C

Takin care of an old lady

D

She never asked me nothin

C G D C G/B C

So I never talked to her about my baby

G

I send a message to my mom

D C G/B C

With a name an address of Mrs. Elma Grover

D C

And to make sure he got that information

G D C G/B C

When he came down from Dover

(capo 1)

D

I loved him more than anything

C G D C G/B C

And I could not refuse him when he needed me

D

He was the only one I'd loved

C G D C G/B C

And I just can't believe that he was using me

G

He couldn't leave me here like this

D C G/B C

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

D C

He wouldn't make me go through this alone

G D C G/B C

He'll be coming down from Dover

D

My body aches the time is here

C G D C G/B C

It's lonely in this place where I'm lyin'

D C

Our baby has been born but something's wrong

G D C G/B C

It's much too still I hear no cryin'

G

I guess in some strange way she knew

D C G/B C

She'd never have a father's arms to hold her

D C

And dying was her way of telling me

G D C G/B C

He wasn't coming down from Dover

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