Fare-Thee-Well Deacon Jones Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[Bb] roun[Bbaug]d[G][Bm][B][D]
me chillin' while [G]I tell [D]the news
Hates [G]to [D]tell you about
it cause [Eb]I get[D]s the blues
No [G]one [D]saw the [G]thing that [D]happened
[G]But my wife, what [D]you can bet,
she saw the deacon when
he lost [G]his [Em]life[C][Eb]
[D]Farethee wel[G]l,
[Am]Deacon [C]Jones [G]has pas[C]sed awa[G]y,
[D]Farethee [G]well,
[D]Farethee [G]well,
[Am]Deacon [G]Jones has [Em]passed [D]away,
[Eb]Fareth[Bb]ee well, [D]Elga Bro[G]wn,
go ring the bell,
Deacon [C]Jones fell in the [Eb]Fatty [D]Wel[G]l,
[Em]Deacon [C]Jones [Eb]has passe[D]d away[G],
Fatty Well, [D]who went [G]down,
Dea[Em]con Jones [G]fell in [C]the wel[G]l,
[C]in [G]the well, [D]who went [G]down,
[Em]Deacon [G]Jones [Bm]fell [Em]in t[D]he well,
[Eb]in the w[D]ell.
He was [G]down there drinking juice,
when the [C]bucket, it broke [Eb]loose,
[D]Fatty [G]Well, [D]Deacon[Eb][D][G][D]
[G]Deacon Jon[C]es dow[G]n i[D]n the[C] well,[G]
in [C]the [G]well
You [D]will [G]find Deacon [C]Jones
[G]down in the[Em] well[D], in t[Eb]he well[D]
He fell [G]in last night at nine
And his [C]dice jumped [D]in behind
[Eb]Fare thee [D]well[G], Deac[Em]on Jones
[Eb]Fare[D] thee well[G], fare thee well[C][D]
[G]Listen brother Sam[D]my, did[G]ger,
bring your horn
Course you got to seren[Eb]ade
us while we [D]moan
Every[G]body bow your heads
and start to pray
[D]Brother [G]Sammy's [D]gonna blow it
till the judgment [G]day[D][G][C][G][C][D][G][Em][C][Em][C]
[D][G][C][G][C][Eb][C][G][Em][Eb]
[D][G][D][C][G]
[Em]We t[C]ook [G]the cong[D]regation[G],
[D]led them [G]to the well,
[D]led [G]them to [D]the spot where
[Eb]the deacon f[D]ell.
The [G]deacon [D]stuck his [G]head
[D]from a [G]tree up high,
[D]said, I wou[G]ld have been dead,
[C]but the wel[C]l Wall Dri[Bb]ve.[D][G]

[Outro 1]
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