G C F
I am a man of constant sorrow
F/E G C bass notes F E D as lead into G chord
I've seen trouble all my days
G C F
I'll say goodbye to Colorado
G C G
Where I was born and partly raised
G C F
Your mother says I'm a stranger
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My face you'll never see no more
G C F
But there's one promise darling
G C G
I'll see you on God's golden shore
G C F
Through this open world I'm about to ramble
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Through ice and snows sleet and rain
G C F
I'm about to ride that morning railroad
G C G
Perhaps I'll die on that train
G C F
I'm going back to Colorado
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The place that I started from
G C F
If I had known how bad you'd treat me honey
G C
I never would have come