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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Man of Constant Sorrow</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>First published in 1913 by the blind Richard Burnett.
  17 Also recorded by the Stanley Brothers and others. <br />
  18 Played by Bob Dylan on <a class="recordlink" href="../01_bobdylan/index.htm">Bob Dylan</a> (1962), and released in a live version (from the TV show &ldquo;Folk Songs &amp; More Folk Songs&rdquo;, March 1963) on <a href="../44_bs7_ndh/index.htm" class="recordlink">No direction home</a> (2005) <br />
  19 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
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  23 <pre class="verse">
  24 /c /b D/a
  25
  26        G               C
  27 I am a man of constant sorrow
  28  /b       D              G      /c-b D/a
  29 I've seen trouble all my days
  30              G          C
  31 I'll say goodbye to Colorado
  32             D               G
  33 Where I was born and partly raised.
  34
  35 Your mother says I'm a stranger
  36 My face you'll never see no more
  37 But there's one promise, darling:
  38 I'll see you on God's golden shore.
  39
  40 Through this open world I'm about to ramble
  41 Through ice and snows, sleet and rain
  42 I'm about to ride that morning railroad
  43 Perhaps I'll die on that train.
  44
  45 I'm going back to Colorado
  46 The place that I started from
  47 If I had known how bad you'd treat me honey
  48 I never would have come.
  49 </pre>
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  52
  53 <h4>Version from spring tour 2002</h4>
  54
  55 <p>For the spring tour 2002, Dylan brought out this song again, and
  56 played it in a version that is basically the same as the version from
  57 <em>Oh Brother, where art thou?</em>, crossed with the start/stop
  58 arrangement of Cold Irons Bound.<br />
  59 The bracketed lines are sung in three-part harmony with Larry and
  60 Charlie.<br />
  61 The tab is based on the version from Stockholm, Apr 5, 2002. I have a
  62 vague recollection of seeing him play it in C (chords: C, F and G) in
  63 Oslo two days later, but I may be wrong &ndash; I had other things on my
  64 mind. Anyway, F is the key of the version in the film, so Bob may have
  65 copied that too (can that man never come up with an original
  66 thought...?) (just kidding) (in case you wondered).</p>
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  71 F . . .    F  . .    .        Bb      . .
  72 I     am a man    of constant sorrow
  73 .         C . .   .      F
  74 I've seen trouble all my days
  75 F . . .       F   . .    .      Bb    . .
  76 I'll  bid farewell    to old Kentucky
  77     .           C . .     .        F      . .
  78 The place where I     was born and raised.
  79      .           C . .     .        F
  80 [The place where he    was born and raised.]
  81
  82 Through this whole world I'm bound to ramble
  83 Through ice and snow, sleet and rain
  84 I'm about to ride that morning railroad
  85 Perhaps I'll die on that train.
  86 [Perhaps he'll die on that train.]
  87
  88 Your friends say that I'm a stranger
  89 My face you'll never see no more
  90 But there's one promise, one promise that is given:
  91 We'll meet again on that golden shore.
  92 [We'll meet again on that golden shore.]
  93
  94 For six long years I've been in trouble
  95 Nor pleasure here on earth I find
  96 For I'm bound to ride that morning railroad
  97 Perhaps I'll die on that train
  98 [perhaps he'll die on this train.]
  99
 100 I am a man of constant sorrow
 101 I've seen trouble all my days
 102 I'll  bid farewell to old Kentucky
 103 The place that I was born and raised.
 104 [The place where he was born and raised.]
 105 [The place where he was born and raised.]
 106 [The place where he was born and raised.]
 107 </pre>
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 110
 111 <h4>The Soggy Bottom Boys version:</h4>
 112 <pre class="verse">
 113 I am a man of constant sorrow
 114 I've seen trouble all my days
 115 I bid farewell to old Kentucky
 116 The place where I was born and raised
 117 (The place where he was born and raised)
 118
 119 For six long years I've been in trouble
 120 No pleasure here on earth I found
 121 For in this world I'm bound to ramble
 122 I have no friends to help me down
 123 (He has no friends to help him down)
 124
 125 It's fare thee well my old true lover
 126 I never expect to see you again
 127 For I'm bound to ride that northern railroad
 128 Perhaps I'll die upon this train
 129 (Perhaps he'll die upon this train)
 130
 131 You can bury me in some deep valley
 132 For many years where I may lay
 133 And you may learn to love another
 134 While I am sleepin' in my grave
 135 (While he is sleepin' in his grave)
 136
 137 Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger
 138 My face you never will see no more
 139 But there is one promise that is given
 140 I'll meet you on God's golden shore
 141 (He'll meet you on God's golden shore)
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