Misc Traditional – Man Of Constant Sorrow (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | A | A | | D | D
             A                      D
(In constant sorrow all through his days)
[Verse 1]
D      D7              G
I am a man of constant sorrow

G         A              D
I've seen trouble all my day

D         D7           G
I bid farewell to ole Kentucky

G               A              D
The place where I was born and raised

 D               A               D
(The place where he was born and raised)
[Instrumental] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | A | A | | D | D | [Verse 2]
D            D7                 G
For six long years I've been in trouble

G            A                  D
No pleasures here on earth I've found

D           D7                 G
For in this world I'm bound to ramble

G          A                 D
I have no friends to help me now

 D         A                   D
(He has no friends to help him now)
[Instrumental] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | A | A | | D | D | [Verse 3]
D              D7               G
It's fare thee well my old true lover

G         A                D
I never expect to see her again

D                D7                 G
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad

G             A            D
Perhaps I'll die upon this train

 D             A             D
(Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
[Instrumental] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | A | A | | D | D | [Verse 4]
D            D7              G
You can bury me in some deep valley

G        A                 D
For many years where I may lay

D            D7             G
Then you may learn to love another

G           A              D
While I am sleeping in my grave

 D           A               D
(While he is sleeping in his grave)
[Instrumental] | D | D | D | D | | G | G | A | A | | D | D | [Verse 5]
D                  D7               G
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

G              A            D
My face you'll never see no more

D                D7              G
But there is one promise that is given

G             A               D
I'll meet you on God's golden shore

D               A               D
(He'll meet you on God's golden shore)