Weary Taveler chords by Bill Monroe

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|(D) |(D) |(D) |(D7) |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |
|(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(D)(A)|(D) |(D)

Verse:
    D                         D7   G            D
One night so dark and stormy, when I was all a- lone
  G                    D                A    D
I thought I'd leave my troubles, and my only home
   D                           D7 G                D
My sweetheart she had left me, I hung my head and cried
G              D                    A         D
Waiting by the railroad, to catch a train and ride

  D                          D7  G                D
I heard the train a comin?f, and as she passed me by
  G              D                    A          D
I swung upon the boxcar, and waved my home good- bye
D                     D7  G             D
I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go
  G                  D                          A      D
I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know

Solo:
|(D) |(D) |(D) |(D7) |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |
|(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(D)(A)|(D) |(D)

Verse:
D                   D7 G                D
I'm growing feeble, my hair is like the snow
    G             D                       A      D
I'm on my pathway leading on, I know that I must go
    D                      D7 G                D
And you will follow after, no one with you can be
       G                   D                     A      D
You'll cross the great di- vide of life, into e- terni- ty

Tag:

D                     D7  G             D
I'm a weary traveler, I'm always on the go
  G                  D                          A      D
I ride that lonesome railroad train, to where I do not know