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Wellspring by Jeffrey Martin
Wellspring
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Bb Gm Eb F
Bb Gm Eb F
[Verse]
Bb
Danny's father was drinker
Gm
He couldn't quit to save his life
Eb F
Or that of his son, or his daughter, or his beautiful life
Bb Gm
He left one night after he murdered his bestfriend with a knife
Eb F Bb Gm Eb F
He snuck away into the dark and didn't stop to say goodbye
[Verse 2]
Bb
He rode 12 days to the border
Gm
Where the caliber of a man
Eb F
Is measured by the caliber of pistol in his hand
Bb
He lasted a week before the others
Gm
Saw he was a man from whom to take
Eb F Bb
And on a Saturday night he was shot after a card game
Bb
In a drunken bloody stupor
Gm
He climbed on his horse and headed North
Eb F
He went crying through the night trying to get back home
Bb Gm
And at dawn he was not dead, but he was dying of thirst
Eb F Bb Gm Eb F
And his horse found a well in the middle of the desert
[Verse 3]
Bb
He slumped off to get a drink
Gm
Slipped and cracked his head on the edge
Eb F
And Danny's father fell and sank into the darkness
Bb Gm
And at that very hour, Danny woke to the screams
Eb F Bb
Of his sister, and his mother, and a band of Apaches
Bb Gm
Danny's mother grabbed the shotgun and opened the front door
Eb F
Found a hatchet in her chest before she could do anything more
Bb Gm
And his sister was pulled from the house and then went silent
Eb F Bb Gm Eb F
Danny knew there was nothing left to do but make a run for it
[Verse 4]
Bb Gm
He rode hard without stopping, 3 days and nights away from hell
Eb F
He passed out on his horse and it led him to a well
Bb Gm
And he woke, baking in the sun, and could not believe his eyes
Eb F Bb Gm
He drew up bucket after bucket and drank water through the night
Eb F Bb
He drew up bucket after bucket and drank water through the night
[Verse 5]
Bb Gm
His belly full, and somehow hot, he began to feel the rot
Eb F
Work its way through his veins and into the depths of his brain
Bb Gm
And his horse began to stammer and kick with a craze
Eb F Bb Gm
Danny knew then that the water in the well was unsafe
Eb F Bb Gm Eb F
Danny knew then that the water in the well was unsafe
[Verse 6]
Bb Gm
As he laid dying with his horse, he somehow came to understand
Eb F
It was the death of his father where his own death began
Bb Gm
And no man can escape the sins his father makes
Eb F
He is bound in blood to what he does and all that he takes
Bb Gm
And no man can escape the sins his father makes
Eb F Bb Gm
He is bound in blood to what he does and all that he takes
Eb F Bb
He is bound in blood to what he does and all that he takes
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