Dont Go Down To The Quarry Chords & Lyrics - Peter, Paul And Mary

[INTRO]
[G] [Em] [Am] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [D]

[CHORUS]
Don't go [G]down to the quarry in the middle of the night
‘cause you’ll [Em]never come back, you'll never be right
[Am]We lost Maggie there just last spring
And [D]Big Ben [D/C]Johnson, he [D/B]couldn't do a [D]thing
(Ha ha ha ha!)

[VERSE 1]
Big Ben [G]Johnson made a bet with Mad Man Mike
That [Em]he could cross the quarry in the middle of the night
A[Am] He got there, 'bout halfway across
(slurp, slurp...)
[D]He started sinking [D/C]down in the [D/B]red clay [D]moss.

[VERSE 2]
Nearby [G]standin' on the tracks where the trains used to come
Was [Em]Mad Man Mike, beatin' on his drum
[Am]Laughin' out loud, eyes rollin' in his head
[D]Standin' on the [D/C]tracks in [D/B]Lucifer's [D]stead

[VERSE 3]
With a [G]long red cape and fire in his eyes
He [Em]lifted up his hands to the midnight skies
And the [Am]thunder start to roll and the lightenin' flashed wild
(thunder sounds)
And [D]Big Ben [D/C]Johnson start a [D/B]cryin' like a [D]child.

[BRIDGE]

(soft crying and moaning)
Don't go [G]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Em]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Am]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
[D]Down, [D/C]down, [D/B]down, [D]down

[VERSE 4]
Then the [G]earth gave a shudder, the quarry start to split
[Em]Screamin' down went Johnson into the fiery pit
With a [Am]laugh that shivered the center of the bone
[D]Mad Man [D/C]Mike just [D/B]standin' there [D]alone

[VERSE 5]
He's [G]callin' all the people, to take their turn
And [Em]fall into the pit and eternally burn
(Ah! Ha, Ha ha ha ha!)
[Am]Down, down, don't go down
(Ah! Ha, Ha ha ha ha!)
[D]Down, [D/C]down, [D/B]down, [D]down

[VERSE 6]
Oh, [G]Lucifer's caught on the railraod track
He's [Em]howlin' at the moon 'cause he can't come back
(soft howeling)
[Am]In the evenin' while we're sittin' there in front of the fire
We [D]laugh at old [D/C]Lucifer [D/B]before we [D]retire

[CHORUS]
Don't go [G]down to the quarry in the middle of the night
‘cause you’ll [Em]never come back, you'll never be right
[Am]We lost Maggie there just last spring
And [D]Big Ben [D/C]Johnson, he [D/B]couldn't do a [D]thing

[OUTRO]
Don't go [G]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Em]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Am]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
[D]Down, [D/C]down, [D/B]down, [D]down.

Don't go [G]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Em]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Am]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
[D]Down, [D/C]down, [D/B]down, [D]down.

Don't go [G]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Em]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
Don't go [Am]down to the quarry, don't, don't go down
[D]Down, [D/C]down, [D/B]down, [D]down.

(‘2nd voice x2 scat’ Don’t Go Down to the quarry! You’ll never going to come back, We lost a Maggie,
and Big Ben Jon, jon Jonsonn.. ‘2nd voice last time scat:’ Oh oh oh oh whooooooo waaa ah ah)