Fate Of Man chords by Glen Campbell

Chords with lyrics

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Fate of Man
Glen Campbell
written by Glen Travis Campbell
album Wichita Lineman


Chorus 1

(Sung)
C majorC        G+G          A minorAm      D7D7
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass
   G+G
going down life's road

Verse 1

(Recitative)

G+G                     C majorC
When a man is one and twenty, he thinks he knows it all;
      D7D7           G+G
He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall.
            C majorC             A minorAm
But fall he will, as he travels through life. With all it's
     D7D7
pitfalls, troubles and strife.
G+G             C majorC          D7D7
Now, at fifty, he's going real strong. He has him a family
   G+G                         C majorC
and a nice little home; But old age is creepin' up his spine,
        D MajorD        G+G
and the day is comin' when the sun won't shine.
G+G            C majorC          D7D7
Now, at sixty, he won't have to guess; He's already missed
     G+G
the boat that leads to success; But he's done his best
    C majorC         A minorAm      D7D7
and he can't see why, the fame of life just passed him by.
 G+G             C majorC       D7D7      G+G
Now at seventy, he can see the light and he knows he's never

been very bright. But he's done his best as he's traveled by
C majorC          D MajorD    G+G
and now, all he can do is to sit and sigh.

Chorus 2

(sung)

C majorC        G+G         A minorAm      D7D7
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass
   G+G
going down life's road.

Verse 2

(Recitative)

G+G             C majorC             D7D7
Now at eighty, he's ready for the reath. He's wore out his hair
  G+G                        C majorC
and two sets of teeth; He has rheumatism in his hands and feet,
A minorAm      D7D7        G+G
and nothin' seems good to eat. So you can pity him as he goes
C majorC         D7D7            G+G
up the line. As he wobbles on the spindle and he's almost blind.
                         C majorC
And you can tell by the way that he travels alone, that it won't be
   D MajorD         G+G
long before he's goin' home. But if he's kept the commandments
         C majorC             D7D7
as he's traveled through life, he'll have a home in Heaven
        G+G
where there'll be no strife. He's worked all his life to get
      C majorC                    A minorAm
things the way he wants them; He comes here against his will
D7D7        G+G
and he goes away disappointed.

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