Lonesome Banjo Man chords by Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II
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Verse 1
I (D major) guess (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) the greatest man I know
Is a (G major) music -makin' (D major) man
He traveled many weary miles,
off time to foreign lands (A major)
His high (D major) and long -stumped
blue -gray sail,
many thousands (G major) clothed and (D major) set
He had (G major) a smile for (D major) everyone,
and a banjo on (A major) his (D major) neck
The miles he came so many hours
to please (G major) his fancy's fit (D major)
Just knowin' someone enjoy his sound
when the show is at an (A major) end
If just (D major) one person claps his hand
he's (G major) like a Christmas tree (D major)
A brighter (G major) smile upon (D major) his face
And a banjo on (A major) his (D major) knee (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
When he has time to be at home
His days (G major) are not his (D major) own
He spends him trying to make his style
even better than before (A major)
Though he (D major) never spoke
of loved ones dear,
and so (G major) often he will be (D major)
With his (G major) family gathered close (D major) around,
and his manual on (A major) his (D major) knee
That's something he just cannot hide,
the sorrow (G major) in his (D major) eyes
He's thinkin' of the ones
who were silent at his (A major) side
There (D major) are earthly songs he sings no more
And in (G major) heaven he's now free (D major)
This man (G major) goes on with his (D major) sadder style
In his manual on (A major) his (D major) knees (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
We cannot know how many times
He thinks (G major) of the days gone by (D major)
Of the places that are almost there
till God called Him on (A major) high
The (D major) lonesome man, yo, he does play
The lonesome (G major) man, it's (D major) he
He smiles (G major) and does the best (D major) he can
Outro 1
With his banjo on his knee
(D major)
Lonesome Banjo Man
Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II
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