Doc Watson – I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day (Guitar Solo)

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Tempo Andante. 4/4 time. [Verse 1]
   G               G
I saw a man at the close of day

         C                 D7
Standing round the grocery door

    C                    G
His eyes were sunk, his lips were parched

      D7                  G
And I viewed him o'er and o'er.
[Verse 2]
     G
His lit-tle son stood by his side

    C           D7
And unto him he said

   C                G
Oh Father, Mother's sick at home

    D7               G
And sister cries fer bread
[Verse 3]
    G
He turned around, went in at the door

   C                   D7
He staggered up to the bar

     C                  G
And faultering unto the landlord said

     D7                G
Just give me one glass more.
[Verse 4]
  G
A year or so I passed thereby

      C                     D7
And a crowd stood round the door

   C                G
I asked the reason, one replied,

         D7              G
Why, the drunkard is no more.
[Verse 5]
     G
Just then a hearse moved slowly ["slow-lie"] by

   C                D7
No wife or children near

       C                G
They'd gone before this vile murder

     D7                G
And left this world of care.
[Verse 6]
     G
Come all you jolly dram drinkers

   C              D7
By this a warning take

    C            G
And quit the overflowing bowl

   D7            G
Before it is too late.