Chords for The Soggy Bottom Boys, I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow, LIVE
Tempo:
63.2 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
G
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Oh, Death, [G] oh, [D] [G] Death, [F] won't you [G] spare me over till another year?
Well, what is this that I can't see with ice-cold hands takin' hold of [Bb] me?
[G] Well, I am Death, none can excel, [D] I'll open the door to Heaven or Hell.
Oh, [Eb] Death, [G] oh, Death, won't you spare me [Ab] over till another year?
Won't you [Abm] spare me over till another year?
[Dm] [F]
[Cm]
[F] [C] Constant sorrow, [F]
I am a man of constant sorrows, I've seen [C] trouble all [F] my days.
I bid farewell to [F] Hillview, old Kentucky, the [D] place where [F] I was born and raised.
The place [C] where he [F] was born and raised.
[Fm] [Bb]
[C] [Fm] For six long years [Bb] I've been in trouble, no [G] pleasure [C] here on Earth [Fm] I've found.
[F] For in this world [Bb] I'm bound to ramble, I [C] have no friends to [F] help me now.
He has [C] no friends [F] to help me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] For I'm bound to ride [Fm] that Northern [Bb] Railroad, [C] perhaps I'll die upon this train.
Perhaps you'll die [Fm] upon this train.
[Bb] [C]
[Fm] Hey, me, your friends think, think I'm [Bb] just a stranger, [C] I think you never will [Fm] see me.
But there is one promise [Bb] that is given, I'll [C] meet you on [F] God's golden shore.
I'll [C] meet you on God's golden shore.
[F] [G]
Well, what is this that I can't see with ice-cold hands takin' hold of [Bb] me?
[G] Well, I am Death, none can excel, [D] I'll open the door to Heaven or Hell.
Oh, [Eb] Death, [G] oh, Death, won't you spare me [Ab] over till another year?
Won't you [Abm] spare me over till another year?
[Dm] [F]
[Cm]
[F] [C] Constant sorrow, [F]
I am a man of constant sorrows, I've seen [C] trouble all [F] my days.
I bid farewell to [F] Hillview, old Kentucky, the [D] place where [F] I was born and raised.
The place [C] where he [F] was born and raised.
[Fm] [Bb]
[C] [Fm] For six long years [Bb] I've been in trouble, no [G] pleasure [C] here on Earth [Fm] I've found.
[F] For in this world [Bb] I'm bound to ramble, I [C] have no friends to [F] help me now.
He has [C] no friends [F] to help me.
[Bb] [C]
[F] For I'm bound to ride [Fm] that Northern [Bb] Railroad, [C] perhaps I'll die upon this train.
Perhaps you'll die [Fm] upon this train.
[Bb] [C]
[Fm] Hey, me, your friends think, think I'm [Bb] just a stranger, [C] I think you never will [Fm] see me.
But there is one promise [Bb] that is given, I'll [C] meet you on [F] God's golden shore.
I'll [C] meet you on God's golden shore.
[F] [G]
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_ _ _ Oh, Death, [G] oh, _ [D] [G] Death, _ [F] won't you [G] spare me over till another year?
Well, what is this that I can't see with ice-cold hands takin' hold of [Bb] me?
[G] Well, I am Death, none can excel, [D] I'll open the door to Heaven or Hell.
_ Oh, [Eb] Death, [G] oh, _ Death, _ won't you spare me [Ab] over till another year?
Won't you [Abm] spare me over till another year?
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] Constant sorrow, _ [F] _
I _ am a man of constant sorrows, I've seen [C] trouble all [F] my days.
_ I bid farewell to [F] Hillview, old Kentucky, the [D] place where [F] I was born and raised.
The place [C] where he [F] was born and raised.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ For six long years [Bb] I've been in trouble, no [G] pleasure [C] here on Earth [Fm] I've found.
_ [F] For in this world [Bb] I'm bound to ramble, I [C] have no friends to [F] help me now.
He has [C] no friends [F] to help me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ For I'm bound to ride [Fm] that Northern [Bb] Railroad, [C] perhaps I'll die upon this train.
Perhaps you'll die [Fm] upon this train. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Hey, me, your friends think, think I'm [Bb] just a stranger, [C] I think you never will [Fm] see me. _
_ But there is one promise [Bb] that is given, I'll [C] meet you on [F] God's golden shore.
I'll [C] meet you on God's golden shore.
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, what is this that I can't see with ice-cold hands takin' hold of [Bb] me?
[G] Well, I am Death, none can excel, [D] I'll open the door to Heaven or Hell.
_ Oh, [Eb] Death, [G] oh, _ Death, _ won't you spare me [Ab] over till another year?
Won't you [Abm] spare me over till another year?
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ [C] Constant sorrow, _ [F] _
I _ am a man of constant sorrows, I've seen [C] trouble all [F] my days.
_ I bid farewell to [F] Hillview, old Kentucky, the [D] place where [F] I was born and raised.
The place [C] where he [F] was born and raised.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ For six long years [Bb] I've been in trouble, no [G] pleasure [C] here on Earth [Fm] I've found.
_ [F] For in this world [Bb] I'm bound to ramble, I [C] have no friends to [F] help me now.
He has [C] no friends [F] to help me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ For I'm bound to ride [Fm] that Northern [Bb] Railroad, [C] perhaps I'll die upon this train.
Perhaps you'll die [Fm] upon this train. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Hey, me, your friends think, think I'm [Bb] just a stranger, [C] I think you never will [Fm] see me. _
_ But there is one promise [Bb] that is given, I'll [C] meet you on [F] God's golden shore.
I'll [C] meet you on God's golden shore.
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _