• Song:

    Man Of Constant Sorrow

  • Artist:

    Soggy Bottom Boys

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Man Of Constant Sorrow chords
Soggy Bottom Boys (old traditional song first published by Dick Burnett 1913, author unknown)

Capo III *

D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)In constant sorrow all through his days

D (xx0232@1)                    GI (320003@1)Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 
          A (x02220@1)            DI've (xx0232@1)seen trouble all my day. 
                         GI (320003@1)bid farewell to old Kentucky 
                A (x02220@1)            DThe (xx0232@1)place where I was born and raised. 
                A (x02220@1)             DThe (xx0232@1)place where he was born and raised

D (xx0232@1)                             GFor (320003@1)six long years I've been in trouble 
             A (x02220@1)             DNo (xx0232@1)pleasures here on earth I found 
                               GFor (320003@1)in this world I'm bound to ramble 
          A (x02220@1)                DI (xx0232@1)have no friends to help me now. 
          A (x02220@1)                 DHe (xx0232@1)has no friends to help him now

D (xx0232@1)                        GIt's (320003@1)fare thee well my old lover 
          A (x02220@1)              DI (xx0232@1)never expect to see you again 
                                    GFor (320003@1)I'm bound to ride that northern railroad 
             A (x02220@1)           DPerhaps (xx0232@1)I'll die upon this train. 
              A (x02220@1)           DPerhaps (xx0232@1)he'll die upon this train.

D (xx0232@1)                          GYou (320003@1)can bury me in some deep valley 
         A (x02220@1)               DFor (xx0232@1)many years where I may lay 
                            GThen (320003@1)you may learn to love another 
           A (x02220@1)            DWhile (xx0232@1)I am sleeping in my grave. 
            A (x02220@1)             DWhile (xx0232@1)he is sleeping in his grave.

D (xx0232@1)                                 GMaybe (320003@1)your friends think I'm just a stranger 
               A (x02220@1)          DMy (xx0232@1)face you'll never see no more. 
                                 GBut (320003@1)there is one promise that is given 
              A (x02220@1)             DI'll (xx0232@1)meet you on God's golden shore. 
               A (x02220@1)             DHe'll (xx0232@1)meet you on God's golden shore..

* Alternates:

Capo I

D = E
A = B
G = A

Open

D = F
A = C
G = Bb

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