Weary Taveler chords by Bill Monroe

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
|(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D7D7) |(G+G) |(G+G) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |
|(G+G) |(G+G) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD)(A augmentedA)|(D MajorD) |(D MajorD)

Verse:
  D MajorD             D7D7  G+G      D MajorD
One night so dark and stormy, when I was all a- lone
 G+G          D MajorD        A augmentedA  D MajorD
I thought I'd leave my troubles, and my only home
  D MajorD              D7D7 G+G        D MajorD
My sweetheart she had left me, I hung my head and cried
G+G       D MajorD          A augmentedA     D MajorD
Waiting by the railroad, to catch a train and ride

 D MajorD             D7D7 G+G        D MajorD
I heard the train a comin?f, and as she passed me by
 G+G       D MajorD          A augmentedA     D MajorD
I swung upon the boxcar, and waved my home good- bye
D MajorD           D7D7 G+G       D MajorD
I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go
 G+G         D MajorD             A augmentedA   D MajorD
I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know

Solo:
|(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D7D7) |(G+G) |(G+G) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |
|(G+G) |(G+G) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD) |(D MajorD)(A augmentedA)|(D MajorD) |(D MajorD)

Verse:
D MajorD          D7D7 G+G        D MajorD
I'm growing feeble, my hair is like the snow
  G+G       D MajorD            A augmentedA   D MajorD
I'm on my pathway leading on, I know that I must go
  D MajorD           D7D7 G+G        D MajorD
And you will follow after, no one with you can be
    G+G          D MajorD           A augmentedA   D MajorD
You'll cross the great di- vide of life, into e- terni- ty

Tag:

D MajorD           D7D7 G+G       D MajorD
I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go
 G+G         D MajorD             A augmentedA   D MajorD
I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know