Man in the Bottom of the Well
Bill Kirchen

Intro: Em A Em (2x)

          Em   A         Am            Em
There's a ma - an in the bottom of the well
        C             G                                B7
Did he jump or was he pushed, or is he lying where he fell?
      C                 G      B7                      Em
Is he looking down from heaven   or staring up from hell?
               A         Am            Em 
There's a ma - an in the bottom of the well

        Em            A                  Em
Looking up at me with eyes so wide and deep
  C             G                             B7
I wonder, is he always there, or does he ever sleep?
  C             G               B7               Em
I spend my time thinking of the tale he's got to tell
               A         Am            Em   D
There's a ma - an in the bottom of the well

G        C         D
Don't go there for water
          G            C               D
You might walk away as dry as dust and bone
       G              C               D
Or you might see your mother's son or daughter
   G                C            D     B7
Forever wreathed by water and by stone

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Em A Em
C G B7 Em
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  Em                  A                 Em
I made one wish and I tossed two pennies down
     C                   G                                 B7
They ricocheted, and the wish I made spun 'em round and round
         C              G                B7               Em
Til they shattered my reflection and the soul I've got to sell
               A         Am            Em
There's a ma - an in the bottom of the well
      C                 G      B7                      Em
Is he looking down from heaven   or staring up from hell?
               A                Em
The man in the bottom of the well
               A         Am            Em
There's a ma - an in the bottom of the well