Chords for Man of Constant Sorrow | Guitar Lesson Tutorial
Tempo:
78.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Ab
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [F]
I've been [C] constant sorrow all through [F] these days.
[F] I am a man of constant sorrow.
[Bb] [C] I've seen troubles [F] all my days.
I bid farewell to [Bb] old Kentucky,
The place [C] where I was [F] born and raised.
The [C] place where he [F] was born and raised.
[Fm] [Bb] [C] [Cm]
[Fm] [F]
[N]
[G]
[E]
[G]
[E] The place where he was born and raised.
I bid farewell to old Kentucky,
The place where I was born and raised.
The place where he was born and raised.
[F]
The place where
[Abm] he was born and raised.
[F] And
[Em] you can see those pick scrapes [E] on the TAP software with those X's right [Ab] there.
If you're not familiar, I'm sure most of y'all are,
it just rests your left hand, your left fingers on the strings.
Don't [E] press them all the way [F] down, just mute them.
[E] And you'll be able to do those scrapes.
And [N] so there's five scrapes, just like this.
One, two, three, four, [Em] five.
And [F] then do a quick up with the open lowest [C] three-pitched strings.
[F] So one, two, three, four, five.
And then we'll get into the rest of the intro.
Okay, so let's click play here and go through the entire intro at the slowest pace.
Here we go.
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [F] [Ab] [F]
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[F] [Ab]
Okay, here is [F] the intro a second time through, a little bit faster.
Here we go.
[Ab]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[Ab] [N] And so that's how you play the more complicated version of the intro.
If you wanted to play a little simpler version and just play the chords,
there's nothing wrong with just playing the chords there.
And you can find the chords right above each bar on the tablature there,
or you can go to the PDF that we have here with [Eb] the chords and the lyrics,
and you can find the [Ab] chords for the intro there as well.
And so we're going to break down the rest of the song,
kind of the rhythm guitar part, in a separate video,
and we'll learn how to play the guitar solo in
I've been [C] constant sorrow all through [F] these days.
[F] I am a man of constant sorrow.
[Bb] [C] I've seen troubles [F] all my days.
I bid farewell to [Bb] old Kentucky,
The place [C] where I was [F] born and raised.
The [C] place where he [F] was born and raised.
[Fm] [Bb] [C] [Cm]
[Fm] [F]
[N]
[G]
[E]
[G]
[E] The place where he was born and raised.
I bid farewell to old Kentucky,
The place where I was born and raised.
The place where he was born and raised.
[F]
The place where
[Abm] he was born and raised.
[F] And
[Em] you can see those pick scrapes [E] on the TAP software with those X's right [Ab] there.
If you're not familiar, I'm sure most of y'all are,
it just rests your left hand, your left fingers on the strings.
Don't [E] press them all the way [F] down, just mute them.
[E] And you'll be able to do those scrapes.
And [N] so there's five scrapes, just like this.
One, two, three, four, [Em] five.
And [F] then do a quick up with the open lowest [C] three-pitched strings.
[F] So one, two, three, four, five.
And then we'll get into the rest of the intro.
Okay, so let's click play here and go through the entire intro at the slowest pace.
Here we go.
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [F] [Ab] [F]
[C]
[F]
[Bb]
[F] [Ab]
Okay, here is [F] the intro a second time through, a little bit faster.
Here we go.
[Ab]
[F]
[C]
[F]
[Ab] [N] And so that's how you play the more complicated version of the intro.
If you wanted to play a little simpler version and just play the chords,
there's nothing wrong with just playing the chords there.
And you can find the chords right above each bar on the tablature there,
or you can go to the PDF that we have here with [Eb] the chords and the lyrics,
and you can find the [Ab] chords for the intro there as well.
And so we're going to break down the rest of the song,
kind of the rhythm guitar part, in a separate video,
and we'll learn how to play the guitar solo in
Key:
F
C
Bb
Ab
E
F
C
Bb
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
I've been [C] constant sorrow all through [F] these days. _
[F] _ I am a man of constant sorrow.
[Bb] _ [C] I've seen troubles [F] all my days.
_ I bid farewell to [Bb] old Kentucky,
The place [C] where I was [F] born and raised.
The [C] place where he [F] was born and raised. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _
[Fm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] The place where he was born and raised. _ _ _ _ _ _
I bid farewell to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ old _ Kentucky,
The place where I was born and raised.
The place where he was born and raised. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The place where _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] he was born and raised.
[F] And
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] you can see those pick scrapes [E] on the TAP software with those X's right [Ab] there.
If you're not familiar, I'm sure most of y'all are,
it just rests your left hand, your left fingers on the strings.
Don't [E] press them all the way [F] down, just mute them.
[E] And you'll be able to do those scrapes.
And [N] so there's five scrapes, just like this.
One, two, three, four, [Em] five.
And [F] then do a quick up with the open lowest [C] three-pitched strings.
[F] So one, two, three, four, five.
_ _ And then we'll get into the rest of the intro.
_ _ _ Okay, so let's click play here and go through the entire intro at the slowest pace.
Here we go.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, here is [F] the intro a second time through, a little bit faster.
Here we go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [N] _ _ And so that's how you play the more complicated version of the intro.
If you wanted to play a little simpler version and just play the chords,
there's nothing wrong with just playing the chords there.
And you can find the chords right above each bar on the tablature there,
or you can go to the PDF that we have here with [Eb] the chords and the lyrics,
and you can find the [Ab] chords for the intro there as well.
And so we're going to break down the rest of the song,
kind of the rhythm guitar part, in a separate video,
and we'll learn how to play the guitar solo in
I've been [C] constant sorrow all through [F] these days. _
[F] _ I am a man of constant sorrow.
[Bb] _ [C] I've seen troubles [F] all my days.
_ I bid farewell to [Bb] old Kentucky,
The place [C] where I was [F] born and raised.
The [C] place where he [F] was born and raised. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _ _
[Fm] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] The place where he was born and raised. _ _ _ _ _ _
I bid farewell to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ old _ Kentucky,
The place where I was born and raised.
The place where he was born and raised. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ The place where _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] he was born and raised.
[F] And
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] you can see those pick scrapes [E] on the TAP software with those X's right [Ab] there.
If you're not familiar, I'm sure most of y'all are,
it just rests your left hand, your left fingers on the strings.
Don't [E] press them all the way [F] down, just mute them.
[E] And you'll be able to do those scrapes.
And [N] so there's five scrapes, just like this.
One, two, three, four, [Em] five.
And [F] then do a quick up with the open lowest [C] three-pitched strings.
[F] So one, two, three, four, five.
_ _ And then we'll get into the rest of the intro.
_ _ _ Okay, so let's click play here and go through the entire intro at the slowest pace.
Here we go.
[Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Okay, here is [F] the intro a second time through, a little bit faster.
Here we go.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [N] _ _ And so that's how you play the more complicated version of the intro.
If you wanted to play a little simpler version and just play the chords,
there's nothing wrong with just playing the chords there.
And you can find the chords right above each bar on the tablature there,
or you can go to the PDF that we have here with [Eb] the chords and the lyrics,
and you can find the [Ab] chords for the intro there as well.
And so we're going to break down the rest of the song,
kind of the rhythm guitar part, in a separate video,
and we'll learn how to play the guitar solo in