| G | Gdim | Am7 | |
| Down by the | old m | ill str | eam |
| Em | D7 | G | |
| Where I f | irst m | et y | ou |
| G | Gmaj7 | C | |
| With your | eyes s | o bl | ue |
| D7 | Am7 | G | |
| Dressed in g | ing-h | am t | oo |
| Em | D7 | G | |
| It was th | ere | I kn | ew |
| B7 | Em | |
| That you l | oved me t | oo |
| Eb7 | G | |
| You were sixt | een, my village q | ueen |
| A7 | D7 | G | |
| Down by the | old m | ill str | eam |
| G | |
| Down by the | old (not the new but the old) |
| Gdim | Am7 | |
| m | ill str | eam (not the river but the stream) |
| Em | |
| Where I f | irst (not the last but the first) |
| D7 | G | D7 | G | |
| m | et y | ou (not m | e but y | ou) |
| G | |
| With your | eyes (not your ears but your eyes) |
| Gmaj7 | C | E7 | Am | |
| s | o bl | ue (not gr | een but bl | ue) |
| D7 | |
| Dressed in g | ing- (not silk but ging) |
| G | G#dim | D7 | |
| -ham t | oo (not | one but tw | o) |
| Em | |
| It was th | ere (not here but there) |
| D7 | G | Am7 | D7 |
| I kn | ew (not | old but n | ew) |
| B7 | (B7sus) | B7 | |
| That you l | oved (not h | ate but l | oved) |
| Em | C | Em | |
| me t | oo (not | one but tw | o) |
| Eb7 | |
| You were sixt | een (not seventeen but sixteen) |
| G | Dm6 | E7 | |
| My village q | ueen (not the k | ing but the qu | een) |
| A7 | |
| Down by the | old (not the new but the old) |
| D7 | G | Cm(6) | G | |
| m | ill str | eam (not the r | iver but the str | eam) |
