The Boy Down the Road Seals & Crofts
On the album, they're tuned about a quarter step down. Unless my record player
speed is a little slow.
THE BOY DOWN THE ROAD
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Long long ago in a house up the road
Lived a [Am]maiden so [Bm]beauti[Em]ful.
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Day after day she looked the same old way
As the [Am]sun shone [Bm]off her hair of [Em]gold.
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Someday I would go there and ask for her hand
Just as [Am]soon as [Bm]I become a [Em]man.
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In the afternoon she'd sit in the shade
And w[Am]ave as I w[Bm]atched from down the [Em]road.
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Time after time I wished my head to lay
In her [Am]arms and at [Bm]last she would [Em]know.
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Then one day a stranger came to call
And t[Am]ook her far a[Bm]way from down the [Em]road.
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I watched 'til the dusk from the fields down below,
But in [Am]vain for the [Bm]night began to [Em]fall.
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Then came the message that summoned me to town,
And my [Am]knees gave [Bm]way to the g[Em]round.
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Spoken: They say that this message came with her dying breath,
The v[Am]ery last wo[Bm]rds she ever[Em] spoke:
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"Give my love to the boy down the road,
And [Am]tell him not to [Bm]cry, for I know."
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