Weary Traveler
Bill Monroe
Key of D · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongIntro
D D D D7 G G D D G G D D D A D D
Verse 1
D D7 G D One night so dark and stormy, when I was all a- lone G D A D I thought I'd leave my troubles, and my only home D D7 G D My sweetheart she had left me, I hung my head and cried G D A D Waiting by the railroad, to catch a train and ride D D7 G D I heard the train a comin?f, and as she passed me by G D A D I swung upon the boxcar, and waved my home good- bye D D7 G D I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go G D A D I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know
Solo
D D D D7 G G D D G G D D D A D D
Verse 2
D D7 G D I'm growing feeble, my hair is like the snow G D A D I'm on my pathway leading on, I know that I must go D D7 G D And you will follow after, no one with you can be G D A D You'll cross the great di- vide of life, into e- terni- ty
Tag
D D7 G D I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go G D A D I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know