The Day The Well Went Dry Chords
The Day The Well Went Dry by Norman Greenbaum is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C
Oh the day the well went dry
G
I was caught with soap in my eye.
G
Soap in my eye, made me cry
C
The day the well went dry.
C
No more water down in the well,
G
Who do we know, who can we tell?
G
Where will we tell them?
C
Say, Oh my! The day the well went dry.
C
'Cause there's no more water down...
C
No more water down...
F C
No more water down in the well,
G C
Honey, forget the pail.
verse 2
C
Water witcham came today
G
Said water was three-hundred feet away
G
Drewer said, "A foot costs nine."
C
What a price to pay!
C
So I hooked up a hose to my neighbor's yard.
G
Said we could take all the water we need
G
'Til we get our new well dug.
C
"Just bein' neighborly."
C
'Cause there's no more water down...
C
No more water down...
F C
No more water down in the well,
G C
Honey, forget the pail.
verse 3
C
Everybody's tryin' to cheer me up.
G
Even gave me a bottle of rye.
G
Bottle of rye, mud in your eye,
C
Aint got the mud 'cause the well is dry.
C
My poor well is dry as a bone,
G
It's hayday has come and gone.
G
Come and gone, me oh my!
C
The day the well went dry!
C
'Cause there's no more water down...
C
No more water down...
F C
No more water down in the well,
G C
Honey, forget the pail.