Soggy Bottom Boys, Man of Constant Sorrow (2000)
Key: :[F] (w: Traditional) (Bob Dylan, 1961)
INTRO:
[F] [Bb] [C] [F]
(In constant [C] sorrow through his [F] days)
VERSE 1:
[F] I am a man of constant
[Bb] sorrow
I've seen
[C] trouble all my
[F] days
[F] I bid farewell to old
[Bb] Kentucky
The place where
[C] I was born and
[F] raised
(The place where [C] he was born and [F] raised)
VERSE 2:
[F] For six long years I've been in
[Bb] trouble
No pleasure
[C] here on earth I
[F] found
[F] For in this world I'm bound to
[Bb] ramble
I have no
[C] friends to help me
[F] down
(He has no [C] friends to help him [F] down)
VERSE 3:
[F] It's fare thee well my only
[Bb] brother
I never
[C] expect to see you
[F] again
[F] For I'm bound to ride that mornin'
[Bb] railroad
Perhaps I'll
[C] die upon this
[F] train
(Perhaps he'll [C] die upon this [F] train)
VERSE 4:
[F] You can bury me in some deep
[Bb] valley
For many
[C] years where I may
[F] lay
[F] And you may learn to love
[Bb] another
While I am
[C] sleepin' in my
[F] grave
(While he is [C] sleepin' in his [F] grave)
VERSE 5:
[F] Maybe your friends think I'm just a
[Bb] stranger
My face you'll
[C] never see no
[F] more
[F] But there is one promise that is
[Bb] given
I'll meet you
[C] on God's golden
[F] shore
(He'll meet you [C] on God's golden [F] shore)