On the album, they're tuned about a quarter step down. Unless my record player speed is a little slow. THE BOY DOWN THE ROAD A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Long long ago in a house up the road Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)Lived a maiden so beautiful. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Day after day she looked the same old way Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)As the sun shone off her hair of gold. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Someday I would go there and ask for her hand Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)Just as soon as I become a man. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) In the afternoon she'd sit in the shade Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)And wave as I watched from down the road. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Time after time I wished my head to lay Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)In her arms and at last she would know. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Then one day a stranger came to call Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)And took her far away from down the road. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) I watched 'til the dusk from the fields down below, Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)But in vain for the night began to fall. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Then came the message that summoned me to town, Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)And my knees gave way to the ground. A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) Spoken: They say that this message came with her dying breath, Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) Em (022000@1)The very last words she ever spoke: A (x02220@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1) "Give my love to the boy down the road, Am (x02210@1) Bm (x24432@1) And tell him not to cry, for I know."