Chords for Heather Dale - Farmer's Curst Wife (Perpetual Gift)
Tempo:
77.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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So the lyrics to this are traditional [Am] they're an Appalachian folk ballad that I learned when I was touring down in North Carolina
the lyrics are traditional
melody when I got it back home to Toronto.
wife
there was an old farmer lived over the [Dm] hill if he ain't moved on he's living there [Am] still
now the devil came to him one day.
[Am] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
So the lyrics to this are traditional [Am] they're an Appalachian folk ballad that I learned when I was touring down in North Carolina
the lyrics are traditional
melody when I got it back home to Toronto.
wife
there was an old farmer lived over the [Dm] hill if he ain't moved on he's living there [Am] still
now the devil came to him one day.
[Am] [Dm] [Em] [Am]
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So the lyrics to this are traditional [Am] they're an Appalachian folk ballad that I learned when I was touring down in North Carolina
The the lyrics are traditional
But I've got to admit the tune is something that and I made up because I couldn't remember
The original melody when I got it back home to Toronto.
It's a story about being very careful what you wish for
It's called the farmers cursed wife
Well, _ _ _ _ _ there was an old farmer lived over the [Dm] hill if he ain't moved on he's living there [Am] still
_ [Dm] _ _ [Em] Fighting [Am] my baby now the devil came to him one day.
[Dm] He said one of your chin.
I'm gonna take away
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He said please don't take my only [Dm] son there's work on the farm that's gotta be [Am] done
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[Am] _ Oh
But you can have my nagging wife [Dm] I swear by God she's the curse of my life
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[Am] _ _ _ So they marched on down to the gates of hell [Dm] he said kick up the fire boys will roast her [Am] well
I
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[Em] _ _ [Am] So I came a little demon with a spit chain, [Dm] but she up with her foot she knocked down his brain [Am] Singing
_ [Dm] _ _
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[E] _ _ [Am] Out _ came a dozen demons and a dozen more [Dm] but when she was done they was flat on the [Am] floor I
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] So all those little demons would scrambling up the [Dm] walls they take her back daddy she'll murder us [Am] all _
[Dm] _ [E] I
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[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ So the farmer woke up then he looked out the [Dm] crack then he saw that devil bringing her [Am] back By
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] He heard here's your wife both sound and [Dm] well, I've kept her any longer she did Torah
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ I
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
We know that he bit his [Dm] tongue then he ran for the hills and a flat-out [Am] run By
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] He was hurt to yell or [Dm] the hill the devil won't have her the damn divine will
_ [Am] Singing _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] I did _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
So the lyrics to this are traditional [Am] they're an Appalachian folk ballad that I learned when I was touring down in North Carolina
The the lyrics are traditional
But I've got to admit the tune is something that and I made up because I couldn't remember
The original melody when I got it back home to Toronto.
It's a story about being very careful what you wish for
It's called the farmers cursed wife
Well, _ _ _ _ _ there was an old farmer lived over the [Dm] hill if he ain't moved on he's living there [Am] still
_ [Dm] _ _ [Em] Fighting [Am] my baby now the devil came to him one day.
[Dm] He said one of your chin.
I'm gonna take away
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
He said please don't take my only [Dm] son there's work on the farm that's gotta be [Am] done
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ Oh
But you can have my nagging wife [Dm] I swear by God she's the curse of my life
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ So they marched on down to the gates of hell [Dm] he said kick up the fire boys will roast her [Am] well
I
[Dm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] So I came a little demon with a spit chain, [Dm] but she up with her foot she knocked down his brain [Am] Singing
_ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[E] _ _ [Am] Out _ came a dozen demons and a dozen more [Dm] but when she was done they was flat on the [Am] floor I
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] So all those little demons would scrambling up the [Dm] walls they take her back daddy she'll murder us [Am] all _
[Dm] _ [E] I
_ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ So the farmer woke up then he looked out the [Dm] crack then he saw that devil bringing her [Am] back By
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] He heard here's your wife both sound and [Dm] well, I've kept her any longer she did Torah
[Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ I
[Am] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _
We know that he bit his [Dm] tongue then he ran for the hills and a flat-out [Am] run By
[Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Am] He was hurt to yell or [Dm] the hill the devil won't have her the damn divine will
_ [Am] Singing _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [E] I did _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _