In The Wishing Well chords by Cathie Ryan

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD

Verse:
 G+G
I threw my heart in the wishing well
  D MajorD          G+G
The day I met him by the river
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
He sang, “Fol diddle daw, dootle ditle day
D MajorD            G+G
Our love will go on forever”

Verse:

He said, “Give me your smile at the end of the day”
 D MajorD            G+G
I gave him my heart in the bargain
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
He sang,” Fol diddle daw, dootle ditle day”
D MajorD          G+G
He was so clever and charming

Chorus:
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D MajorD             G+G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

Verse:

Each day in the sky came the lone magpie
 D MajorD             G+G
I knew that my heart was in danger
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
He sang, “Fol dittle daw, dootle itle day
  D MajorD            G+G
My darlin’, you know I’m no stranger”

Verse:

I never knew if his love was true
  D MajorD            G+G
His eyes they were always a’ roving
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
He sang, “Fol diddle daw, doodle idle day”
      D MajorD        G+G
I spied his feet then I was knowing

Chorus:
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D MajorD             G+G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

Verse:

I took up my heart from the grinding stone
  D MajorD             G+G
And gathered the bits and the tatters
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
Singing, “Fol dittle daw, dootle ditle day
     D MajorD             G+G
Fare thee well to the love that was shattered

Verse:

I’ve been long up and down on the same old road
     D MajorD             G+G
With the well and the mill and the mourning
     C majorC     G/BG/B D MajorD      G+G
Singing, “Fol dittle daw, dootle ditle day”
      D MajorD             G+G
And I’ll be on a new road with the dawning

Chorus:
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D MajorD             G+G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do

Chorus:
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightly dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Rightle dum da, diddly I do
C majorC      G+G  D MajorD       G+G
Rightle dum daw, rightle diddle ditle do
D MajorD             G+G
Rightly diddly aw, diddly I do