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]Long long a[Am]go in a [G]house [G/F#]up the [Em]road
Lived a [Am]maiden so [Bm]beauti[Em]ful.
[A]Day after [Am]day she [G]looked the [G/F#]same old [Em]way
As the [Am]sun shone [Bm]off her hair of [Em]gold.
[A]Someday I would [Am]go there and [G]ask [G/F#]for her [Em]hand
Just as [Am]soon as [Bm]I become a [Em]man.
[A]In the after[Am]noon she'd s[G]it [G/F#]in the [Em]shade
And w[Am]ave as I w[Bm]atched from down the [Em]road.
[A]Time after [Am]time I [G]wished my [G/F#]head to [Em]lay
In her [Am]arms and at [Bm]last she would [Em]know.
[A]Then one [Am]day a [G]stranger [G/F#]came to [Em]call
And t[Am]ook her far a[Bm]way from down the [Em]road.
[A]I watched 'til the [Am]dusk from the f[G]ields[G/F#] down b[Em]elow,
But in [Am]vain for the [Bm]night began to [Em]fall.
[A]Then came the [Am]message that [G]summoned[G/F#] me to [Em]town,
And my [Am]knees gave [Bm]way to the g[Em]round.
Spok[A]en: They [Am]say th[G]at this m[G/F#]essage c[Em]ame with her dying breath,
The v[Am]ery last wo[Bm]rds she ever[Em] spoke:
"[A]Give my [Am]love to the [G]boy [G/F#]down the [Em]road,
And [Am]tell him not to [Bm]cry, for I know."
speed is a little slow.
THE BOY DOWN THE ROAD
[A]Long long a[Am]go in a [G]house [G/F#]up the [Em]road
Lived a [Am]maiden so [Bm]beauti[Em]ful.
[A]Day after [Am]day she [G]looked the [G/F#]same old [Em]way
As the [Am]sun shone [Bm]off her hair of [Em]gold.
[A]Someday I would [Am]go there and [G]ask [G/F#]for her [Em]hand
Just as [Am]soon as [Bm]I become a [Em]man.
[A]In the after[Am]noon she'd s[G]it [G/F#]in the [Em]shade
And w[Am]ave as I w[Bm]atched from down the [Em]road.
[A]Time after [Am]time I [G]wished my [G/F#]head to [Em]lay
In her [Am]arms and at [Bm]last she would [Em]know.
[A]Then one [Am]day a [G]stranger [G/F#]came to [Em]call
And t[Am]ook her far a[Bm]way from down the [Em]road.
[A]I watched 'til the [Am]dusk from the f[G]ields[G/F#] down b[Em]elow,
But in [Am]vain for the [Bm]night began to [Em]fall.
[A]Then came the [Am]message that [G]summoned[G/F#] me to [Em]town,
And my [Am]knees gave [Bm]way to the g[Em]round.
Spok[A]en: They [Am]say th[G]at this m[G/F#]essage c[Em]ame with her dying breath,
The v[Am]ery last wo[Bm]rds she ever[Em] spoke:
"[A]Give my [Am]love to the [G]boy [G/F#]down the [Em]road,
And [Am]tell him not to [Bm]cry, for I know."
