D I know this dress I'm wearing
Doesn't C hide the secret G I have tried D con C cea G/B ling C
D When he left he promised me that he'd be C back
By the G time it was D rev C eal G/B ing C
G The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
O'er the fields of D clo C ver G/B C
D And time is running out for me
I C wish that he would G hurry down from D Dov C er G/B C
D He's been gone so long when he C left
The snow was G deep upon the D gro C und G/B C
D And I have seen a spring and summer C pass
And now the G leaves are turning D bro C wn G/B C
G And any time a tiny face will show itself
Cause waiting's almost D ove C r G/B C
D But I won't have a name to give it
C If he doesn't G hurry down from D Dov C er G/B C
D My folks weren't understanding when they C found out
They G sent me from the D hom C e p G/B lace C
D My daddy said if folks found out
C He'd be ashamed to G ever show his D fac C e G/B C
G My momma said I was a fool
And she did not believe it when I D tol C d h G/B er C
D Momma everythings gonna be alright
C Soon he would be G coming down from D Dov C er G/B C
D I found a place to stay out on a C farm
Takin G care of an old D lad C y G/B C
D She never asked me nothin
So I C never talked to G her about my D bab C y G/B C
G I send a message to my mom
With a name an address of Mrs. Elma D Gro C ver G/B C
D And to make sure he got that C information
When G he came down from D Dov C er G/B C
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D I loved him more than anything
And C I could not G refuse him when he D nee C ded G/B me C
D He was the only one I'd loved
And I C just can't G believe that he was D usi C ng G/B me C
G He couldn't leave me here like this
I know it can't be so it can't be D ove C r G/B C
D He wouldn't make me go through this C alone
He'll be G coming down from D Dov C er G/B C
D My body aches the time is here
It's C lonely in this G place where I'm D lyi C n' G/B C
D Our baby has been born but something's C wrong
It's much too G still I hear no D cry C in' G/B C
G I guess in some strange way she knew
She'd never have a father's arms to D hol C d h G/B er C
D And dying was her way of telling C me
He wasn't G coming down from D Dov C er G/B C
Dolly Parton
