G5                      C5
I am a man of constant sorrow
          D5              G5
I've seen trouble all my day.
                      C5
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
                D5              G5
The place where I was born and raised.
                D5               G5
The place where he was born and raised.


G5                               C5
For six long years I've been in trouble
             D5               G5
No pleasures here on earth I found
                               C5
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
          D5                  G5
I have no friends to help me now.
          D5               G5
He has no friends to help him now.


G5                          C5
It's fare thee well my old lover
          D5               G5
I never expect to see you again
                                    C5
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
             D5             G5
Perhaps I'll die upon this train.


              D5             G5
Perhaps he'll die upon this train.
G5                            C5
You can bury me in some deep valley
         D5                 G5
For many years where I may lay
                           C5
Then you may learn to love another
           D5              G5
While I am sleeping in my grave.
            D5               G5
While he is sleeping in his grave.


G5                                   C5
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
               D5            G5
My face you'll never see no more.
                                 C5
But there is one promise that is given
              D5               G5
I'll meet you on God's golden shore.
               D5               G5
He'll meet you on God's golden shore.