Doc Watson – Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (Guitar)
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Chords
Composer: Alton Delmore
Original key : D
From the 1965 album "Doc Watson & Son"
Chords
D D7 Fdim G G7 A7 Bm EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
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Fingering the Fdim corectly allows a simple slide down to the A7.
If you want to try the Fdim chord in other inversions a Fdim7 sounds OK.
Intro:
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
#1:
D Fdim A7 D D7 I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D7 Gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D/C# Bm I wish I could tie it to my side D Fdim A7 D And take it along with me
#2:
D Fdim A7 D D7 Lord, I'm sick in this lone-some bed G D D7 I'm sick in this lonesome bed G D D/C# Bm There's no one to hold my ach-ing head D Fdim A7 D Lord I'm sick in this lone-some bed
Instrumental (chords as per intro and verse):
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
D Fdim A7 D D7
G D D7
G D D/C# Bm
D Fdim A7 D
#3:
D Fdim A7 D D7 There's no one to cry for me G D D7 There's no one to cry for me G D D/C# Bm I've wandered so far away don't you see D Fdim A7 D For there's no one to cry for me
#4:
D Fdim A7 D D7 I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D7 Gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D/C# Bm I wish I could tie it to my side D Fdim A7 D And take it along with me
Instrumental (chords as per intro):
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
#5:
D Fdim A7 D D7 I'm telling this world goodbye G D D7 I'm telling this world goodbye G D D/C# Bm I'm telling this world and my dear little girl D Fdim A7 D Lord, I'll soon tell them all goodbye
#6:
D Fdim A7 D D7 I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D7 Gonna lay down my old gui-tar G D D/C# Bm I wish I could tie it to my side D Fdim A7 D And take it along with me
Instrumental outro:
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D D7