Springfield Mountain chords by Traditional

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

E

               B7                  E
On springfield mountain there did dwell
  A                              E
A handsome youth, was known full well
                     B    E
Lieutenant Merrill's only son
          B7                E
A likely youth, full twenty one

Verse 2:

           B7            E
On friday morning he did go
             A             E
Down to the meadows for to mow
                       B         E
He mowed, he mowed all round the field
                 B7             E
With a poisonous serpent at his heel

Verse 3:

            B7                E
When he recieved his deathly wound
            A                E
He laid his scythe upon the ground
                  B     E
For to return was his intent
         B7               E
Calling aloud, long as he went

Verse 4:

               B7                E
His calls were heard both far and near
        A                   E
But no friend to him did appear
                         B       E
They thought he did some workman call
           B7             E
Alas, poor man, alone did fall

Verse 5:

          B7                 E
Day being past, night coming on
           A                E
The father went to seek his son
                        B    E
And there he found, his only son
           B7                E
Cold as a stone, dead on the ground

Verse 6:

             B7                   E
He tooK him up and he carried him home
            A                 E
And on the way did lament and mourn
                    B       E
SaYing 'I heard but did not come
            B7            E
And now I'm left alone to mourn'

Verse 7:

                B7                 E
In the month of August, the twenty first
              A            E
When this sad accident was done
                      B      E
May this be a warning to you all
          B7                   E
To be prepared, when God shall call