Strawbs – Face Down In The Well (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Intro] Am Dm C G F G Am (2x) [Verse 1] The countryside was out of sight
    F            Am
The sky was acid blue

    G        Em     F
The saplings were beside themselves

    Dm                  G
The storm had passed on through

    Am
The trees were dressed in racing silk

  F                   Am
A vibrant grass-snake green

     G       Em        F
With maidens clutching violets

   G             Am
In many shades between
[Chorus]
    E7               Am
But somewhere in the distance

        Dm               Am
I could hear the tolling bell

  E7           Am
I saw myself reflecting back

E7               Am
Face down in the well
[Instrumental] Am Dm C G F G Am [Verse 2] The tolling bell reminded me
   F             Am
Of someone I had lost

  G         Em      F
I could not quite remember who

   Dm                G
Or what had been the cost

Am
Naked from the waist up

F            Am
Naked upside down

   G      Em      F
No matter how you break your fall

    G                 Am
You sure as hell will drown
[Verse 3] The hounds from hell were howling
        F           Am
For the many wasted years

      G      Em     F
While every sin was washed away

     Dm            G
With semi-precious tears

Am
Some said it was suicide

F              Am
Others first degree

   G      Em       F
No matter what the paradox

    G               Am
Was somehow lost on me
[Chorus]
    E7               Am
But somewhere in the distance

        Dm               Am
I could hear the tolling bell

  E7           Am
I saw myself reflecting back

E7               Am
Face down in the well
[Instrumental] Am Dm C G F G Am (2x) [Verse 4]
    Am
The courage of a patient man

   F               Am
Is measured in his pace

G        Em       F
Some may take the higher ground

Dm             G
Others run the race

Am
Some folks do the dandy strut

    F                 Am
And trade as ne'er do well

    G      Em     F
But I have always pleased myself

G             Am
That is why I fell
[Chorus]
E7               Am
Somewhere in the distance

        Dm               Am
I could hear the tolling bell

  E7           Am
I saw myself reflecting back

E7               Am
Face down in the well
[Chorus]
E7               Am
Somewhere in the distance

        Dm             Am
I could hear the rebel yell

  E7           Am
I saw myself reflecting back

E7               Am
Face down in the well
[Outro] Am Dm C G F G Am