The Well Below The Valley tab by Traditional Irish

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Tabbed by: stringtension


This is closer to the version played by Pol McAdam in 'The Magdalene Sisters'.
At least, that's how I hear it, compared to the more dissonant version from Palnxty.

Tuning: Standard

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----3-3--4\3-1----0-1-1h3p1-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2-2------------2------------2-0------------0-2-0--------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------2-2--0-2-3-------2-0-0--------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|\
                                       ----|\\ Main
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|// theme
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----|/
G+G|-2-2-0---------0-0-2-0-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------2-0-0----------2-0-0-----------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Am7Am7      Cm/Csus2 Am7Am7
  A augmentedA gen-tle-man was pas-sing by
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------3---3---4---3---1--------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2--2-----------------------2----------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Cadd9Cadd9        Am7Am7
  he asked for a drink as he was dry
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-0---1-----1--3---1--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------2--0-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------2---2-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      F* Am7Am7    E7E7
  At the well be-low the val-ley-o
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------0---2---0-----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0--2----3---------------2---0--0------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Am7Am7       E7E7
  Green grows the li-ly-o
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2-----2-----0------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------2--0-0---------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Am7Am7       E7E7
  Right a-mong the bush-es-o
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0----0--2----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------2---0--0------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

*or Dm/F

  A minorAm G+G  Cm/Csus2 Am7Am7  Cadd9Cadd9 Am7Am7   FF Dm/F E7E7
e|-5---3----3---3----0-------0----0-------1---1----0-------------------------|
BB|-5---3----3h4p3----1-------3----1-------1---3----3-------------------------|--\
G+G|-5---4----5---5----0-------0----0-------2---2----1-------------------------|---\ Recommended
D MajorD|-7---5----5---5----2-------2----2---0-2-3---3----0-------------------------|---/ voicings
A augmentedA|-7---5----3---3----0---0-2-3----0----------------2-------------------------|--/
E MajorE|-5---3-------------------------------------------0-------------------------|

The transition from Am7Am7 to Cm/Csus2 may seem out of key, but I couldn't find another way to
catch the Eb MajorEb note otherwise. I think the lyrics below are most common in most variants.

Lyrics:

Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

A augmentedA gentleman was passing by
And he asked for a drink as he was dry
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

My cup is full up to the brim
And if I were to stoop I might fall in
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

If your true love was passing by
You'd fill him a drink if he was dry
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

She swore by grass, she swore by corn
Her true love had never been born
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

He said to her you're swearing wrong
Six fine children you've had born
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me the father of them
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

There's one of them by your brother John
At the well below the valley-o
One of them by your Uncle Don
At the well below the valley-o
Two of them by your father dear
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me what did happen to them
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

There's one of them buried beneath the tree
At the well below the valley-o
Another two buried beneath the stone
At the well below the valley-o
Two of them outside the graveyard wall
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

If you be a man of noble fame
You'll tell to me what will happen myself
At the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

You'll be seven years a-ringing a bell
At the well below the valley-o
And seven years a-burning in hell
At the well below the valley-o

I'll be seven years a-ringing a bell
But the Lord above may save my soul
From burning in hell at the well below the valley-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o
Green grows the lily-o
Right among the bushes-o

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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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