{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1775509,"song":"Willy Dear","artist":"The Tillers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11388451-willy-dear-chords-by-the-tillers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1775509?type=chord","rating":4.78834,"votes":13,"content":"The Tillers\r\nWilly Dear\r\n\r\nThrow some nice country hammers while playing the chords.\r\nWalk the bass note from the G > F# > Em.\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Willy Dear you've got a mind to leave me once again.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI see your ship upon the shore and freight all loaded in'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Oh Lizzy dear you know that I must ship out with the crew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though the river carries me my heart remains with you\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWilly's ship departed from the docks early next day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nElizabeth looked on as he floated far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom the house upon the hill she'd wait and watch the rver bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the ship to bring her own true love safely home again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe toiled aboard the boat for months with hands so rough and raw[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe waited for a letter as the sun did rise and fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUntil one day she saw the smoke and heard the hissing steam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe weary ship returning from the haul to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust then a loud explosion broke and trembled hills around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes so wide in horror as the tears came pouring down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom bow to stern the ship did burn, she heard the sailor's cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe flame and fire of rapture lighting up the midnight sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen with a trembling hand upon the pen she wrote for he[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"The world can show no beauty if with you I cannot be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh loneliness, I can't endure to drown in sorrows tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI go to meet my Willy dear upon the other side\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNext day a ship come rolling in and anchored in the wake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAboard was Willy Thompson on arrival one day late[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs fast as he could travel, and through the door he broke[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd up the stairs he found his darling hanging from a rope[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow time did pass for Willy as he walked this world alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut time stood still upon the hill where sat poor Lizzie's home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now so still and quiet there stands the open door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe dust upon the window pane and shadows on the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's eighteen stairs will bring her up to the widow's walk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd five windows for a view the rusted steam ship docks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs Lizzy standing by the chair or is she in the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr is she in the corner with her pale face to the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"The Tillers\nWilly Dear\n\nThrow some nice country hammers while playing the chords.\nWalk the bass note from the G > F# > Em.\n\n\nG C G\nD G C G\nC G D Em\nG C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm C G\nD G C G\nC G D Em\nG C G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C Em\nG C D G\nG Em\nG C D G\n\n\nG C Em\nG C D G\nG Em\nG C D G","chords":["G","F","Em","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}