Springfield Mountain chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:

E MajorE

        B7B7         E MajorE
On springfield mountain there did dwell
 A augmentedA               E MajorE
A augmentedA handsome youth, was known full well
           BB  E MajorE
Lieutenant Merrill's only son
     B7B7        E MajorE
A augmentedA likely youth, full twenty one

Verse 2:

      B7B7      E MajorE
On friday morning he did go
       A augmentedA       E MajorE
Down to the meadows for to mow
            BB     E MajorE
He mowed, he mowed all round the field
         B7B7       E MajorE
With a poisonous serpent at his heel

Verse 3:

      B7B7        E MajorE
When he recieved his deathly wound
      A augmentedA        E MajorE
He laid his scythe upon the ground
         BB   E MajorE
For to return was his intent
     B7B7        E MajorE
Calling aloud, long as he went

Verse 4:

        B7B7        E MajorE
His calls were heard both far and near
    A augmentedA          E MajorE
But no friend to him did appear
             BB    E MajorE
They thought he did some workman call
      B7B7       E MajorE
Alas, poor man, alone did fall

Verse 5:

     B7B7         E MajorE
Day being past, night coming on
      A augmentedA        E MajorE
The father went to seek his son
            BB  E MajorE
And there he found, his only son
      B7B7        E MajorE
Cold as a stone, dead on the ground

Verse 6:

       B7B7          E MajorE
He tooK him up and he carried him home
      A augmentedA         E MajorE
And on the way did lament and mourn
          BB    E MajorE
SaYing 'I heard but did not come
      B7B7      E MajorE
And now I'm left alone to mourn'

Verse 7:

        B7B7         E MajorE
In the month of August, the twenty first
       A augmentedA      E MajorE
When this sad accident was done
           BB   E MajorE
May this be a warning to you all
     B7B7          E MajorE
To be prepared, when God shall call