Fate Of Man chords by Glen Campbell

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


Chorus 1

(Sung)
C        G          Am      D7
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass
   G
going down life's road

Verse 1

(Recitative)

G                     C
When a man is one and twenty, he thinks he knows it all;
      D7           G
He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall.
            C             Am
But fall he will, as he travels through life. With all it's
     D7
pitfalls, troubles and strife.
G             C          D7
Now, at fifty, he's going real strong. He has him a family
   G                         C
and a nice little home; But old age is creepin' up his spine,
        D        G
and the day is comin' when the sun won't shine.
G            C          D7
Now, at sixty, he won't have to guess; He's already missed
     G
the boat that leads to success; But he's done his best
    C         Am      D7
and he can't see why, the fame of life just passed him by.
 G             C       D7      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          D    G
and now, all he can do is to sit and sigh.

Chorus 2

(sung)

C        G         Am      D7
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass
   G
going down life's road.

Verse 2

(Recitative)

G             C             D7
Now at eighty, he's ready for the reath. He's wore out his hair
  G                        C
and two sets of teeth; He has rheumatism in his hands and feet,
Am      D7        G
and nothin' seems good to eat. So you can pity him as he goes
C         D7            G
up the line. As he wobbles on the spindle and he's almost blind.
                         C
And you can tell by the way that he travels alone, that it won't be
   D         G
long before he's goin' home. But if he's kept the commandments
         C             D7
as he's traveled through life, he'll have a home in Heaven
        G
where there'll be no strife. He's worked all his life to get
      C                    Am
things the way he wants them; He comes here against his will
D7        G
and he goes away disappointed.

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