Man Of Constant Sorrow

Ballad Richard Burnett

G Major Standard tuning

1 3 1 1
2 4 2 2
3 5 3 3
4 6 4 4

G G7 C D7

G G7 C G G7 C
I am the man of constant sorrow You can bury me in some deep valley
D7 G D7 G
I've seen trouble on my days For many years where I'll be laid
G7 C G7 C
I bid farewell to old Kentucky And you may learn to love another
D7 G D7 G
The place where I was born and raised While I am sleeping in my grave

G G7 C G G7
For six long years I've been in trouble Maybe your friends think I'm just a
D7 G C
No pleasure here on earth I find stranger
G7 C D7 G
For in this world I'm bound to ramble My face you'll never see no more
D7 G G7 C
I have no friends to help me now But there is one promise that is given
D7 G
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
G G7 C
Hey it's fair the well my old true lover
D7 G
I never expect to see you again
G7
For I'm bound to ride that northern
C
railroad
D7 G
Perhaps I'll die upon this train

1913
Public Domain