[Intro]



[Verse 1]
     
Buddy I went d

own to Scarlet

 Town – Ain’t 

never been the

re before-
              
You slept on a

              
 feather bed a

             
nd I slept on 

        
the floor-


[Verse 2]
     
Now I don’t mi

nd a mean ole 

town and drink

ing my coffee 

cold -
              
But the things

              
 I seen in Sca

              
rlet Town did 

         
mortify my sou

l.


[Chorus]
            
    LOOK AT TH

             
E DEEP WELL – 

            
LOOK AT THAT D

   
ARK GRAVE

            
    RINGING TH

             
AT IRON BELL –

           
 IN SCARLET TO


WN TODAY

[Verse 3]
   
 Now I sent so

me time in New

 Orleans and C

airo by the be

nd
              
But Scarlet To

              
wn brought me 

             
down – lower t

              
hat I’ve ever 

 
been / [chorus

]


[Verse 4]
            
 On the day I 

         
came to Scarle

t Town you pro

mised I’d be y

our bride
              
Well you left 

              
me here to rot

              
 away – Like P

             
olly on the mo

       
untainside. [c

horus]


[Verse 5]
     
Now you may hi

de in Scarlet 

Town – for a h

undred years o

r more
              
But the man wh

              
o knows what t

             
ime it is knoc

              
king at your d


oor.


[Verse 6]
   
So fare thee w

ell my own tru

e love – if yo

u ever see me 

around

              
I’ll be lookin

              
g through a te

              
lescope from h

            
ere to Scarlet


 Town. [chorus

]


[Chorus]
            
   LOOK AT THE

           
 DEEP WELL – L

              
OOK AT THAT DA


RK GRAVE
            
   RINGING THA

             
T IRON BELL – 

            
IN SCARLET TOW

  
N TODAY

[END]