Man of Constant Sorrow

Soggy Bottom Boys

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                      C
I am a man of constant sorrow
          D             G
I've seen trouble on my days
                      C
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
                  D            G
The place where I was born and raised

Verse 2

G                               C
For six long years I've been in trouble
            D               G
No pleasure here on earth I find
                               C
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
          D                  G
I have no friends to help me now

Verse 3

G                              C
It's fair the well my old true lover
        D                 G
I never expect to see you again
                                    C
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
             D             G
Perhaps I'll die upon this train

Verse 4

G                            C
You can bury me in some deep valley
         D                     G
For many years where I'll will lay
                           C
Then you may learn to love another
           D              G
While I am sleeping in my grave

Verse 5

G                                   C
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
               D            G
My face you'll never see no more
                                  C
But there is one prom-ise that is given
                 D            G
I'll meet you on God's golden shore