MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW
Soggy Bottom Boys

TUNING: D A D G B D (Double Drop D - Strings 6/E and 1/e lowered one whole step)
CAPO: 3rd fret (key of F, played as D)

INTRO:
D           A                      D
In constant sorrow all through his days 

VERSE 1:
D                      G
I am a man Of constant sorrow
          A              D
I've seen trouble all my day
                         G
I bid farewell to old Kentucky
                A              D
The place where I was born and raised
                A               D
The place where he was born and raised

VERSE 2:
D                               G
For six long years I've been in trouble
             A               D
No pleasures here on earth I found
                               G
For in this world I'm bound to ramble
          A                  D
I have no friends to help me now
          A                   D
He has no friends to help him now

VERSE 3:
D                          G
It's fare thee well my old lover
          A                D
I never expect to see you again
                                    G
For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
             A             D
Perhaps I'll die upon this train
              A             D
Perhaps he'll die upon this train

VERSE 4:
D                            G
You can bury me in some deep valley
         A                 D
For many years where I may lay
                            G
Then you may learn to love another
           A              D
While I am sleeping in my grave
            A               D
While he is sleeping in his grave

VERSE 5:
D                                   G
Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
               A            D
My face you'll never see no more
                                 G
But there is one promise that is give
              A               D
I'll meet you on God's golden shore
               A               D
He'll meet you on God's golden shore

ALTERNATE WAYS TO PLAY:
TUNING: D A D G B E (Drop D - String 6/E lowered one whole step)
CAPO: 1st fret (key of F, played as E) D = E, G = A,  A = B
NO CAPO:       (key of F, played as F) D = F, G = Bb, A = C