Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Doc Watson with Merle Watson

Composer: Alton Delmore
Original key : D MajorD

From the 1965 album "Doc Watson & Son"

Chords
 D MajorD    D7D7   FdimFdim  G+G    G7G7   A7A7   B minorBm
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
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Fingering the FdimFdim corectly allows a simple slide down to the A7.

If you want to try the FdimFdim chord in other inversions a Fdim7Fdim7 sounds OK.

Intro:

D MajorD FdimFdim  D MajorD  FdimFdim D MajorD FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD

#1:
D MajorD           FdimFdim  A7A7 D MajorD  D7D7
I'm gonna lay down my old  gui-tar
G+G           D MajorD  D7D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
 G+G          D MajorD D/C# B minorBm
I wish I could tie it to my  side
  D MajorD    FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD
And take it along with me

#2:
D MajorD           FdimFdim A7A7  D MajorD  D7D7
Lord, I'm sick in this lone-some bed
  G+G           D MajorD D7D7
I'm sick in this lonesome bed
    G+G         D MajorD  D/C# B minorBm
There's no one to hold my ach-ing head
     D MajorD       FdimFdim A7A7  D MajorD
Lord I'm sick in this lone-some bed

Instrumental (chords as per intro and verse):

D MajorD FdimFdim  D MajorD  FdimFdim D MajorD FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD

D MajorD FdimFdim  A7A7 D MajorD D7D7

G+G D MajorD D7D7

G+G  D MajorD  D/C# B minorBm

D MajorD FdimFdim A7A7  D MajorD

#3:
D MajorD         FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD D7D7
There's no one to cry for me
    G+G         D MajorD D7D7
There's no one to cry for me
   G+G         D MajorD D/C#   B minorBm
I've wandered so far away don't you see
  D MajorD         FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD
For there's no one to cry for me

#4:
D MajorD           FdimFdim  A7A7 D MajorD  D7D7
I'm gonna lay down my old  gui-tar
G+G           D MajorD  D7D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
 G+G          D MajorD D/C# B minorBm
I wish I could tie it to my  side
  D MajorD    FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD
And take it along with me

Instrumental (chords as per intro):

D MajorD FdimFdim  D MajorD  FdimFdim D MajorD FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD

#5:
D MajorD         FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD D7D7
I'm telling this world goodbye
    G+G         D MajorD D7D7
I'm telling this world goodbye
   G+G            D MajorD  D/C#  B minorBm
I'm telling this world and my dear little girl
  D MajorD           FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD
Lord, I'll soon tell them all goodbye

#6:
D MajorD           FdimFdim  A7A7 D MajorD  D7D7
I'm gonna lay down my old  gui-tar
G+G           D MajorD  D7D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
 G+G          D MajorD D/C# B minorBm
I wish I could tie it to my  side
  D MajorD    FdimFdim A7A7 D MajorD
And take it along with me

Instrumental outro: