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Seals And Crofts - The Boy Down The Road tab
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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
A Am G G/F# Em
Long long ago in a house up the road
Am Bm Em
Lived a maiden so beautiful.
A Am G G/F# Em
Day after day she looked the same old way
Am Bm Em
As the sun shone off her hair of gold.
A Am G G/F# Em
Someday I would go there and ask for her hand
Am Bm Em
Just as soon as I become a man.
A Am G G/F# Em
In the afternoon she'd sit in the shade
Am Bm Em
And wave as I watched from down the road.
A Am G G/F# Em
Time after time I wished my head to lay
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Am Bm Em
In her arms and at last she would know.
A Am G G/F# Em
Then one day a stranger came to call
Am Bm Em
And took her far away from down the road.
A Am G G/F# Em
I watched 'til the dusk from the fields down below,
Am Bm Em
But in vain for the night began to fall.
A Am G G/F# Em
Then came the message that summoned me to town,
Am Bm Em
And my knees gave way to the ground.
A Am G G/F# Em
Spoken: They say that this message came with her dying breath,
Am Bm Em
The very last words she ever spoke:
A Am G G/F# Em
"Give my love to the boy down the road,
Am Bm
And tell him not to cry, for I know."
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