Sad And Lonesome Day chords by Tom Paley

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Verse 1
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Today  (D major) 
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has  (A major) been a lonesome day  (D major) 
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Today  (G major) has been a  (D major) lonesome day,
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Today  (G major) has been a  (D major) lonesome day,
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And it seem (G major) s  to (A major) morrow will be the
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same old  (D major) way.  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) 
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They carried  (A major) my mother to
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the burying ground  (D major) 
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They  (G major) carried my mother to
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the  (D major) burying -ground,
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They carried  (G major) my mother to
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the  (D major) burying -ground,
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And I watched  (G major) as the  (A major) pole
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-bearers let her down.  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Did you ever  (A major) hear a church bell tone?  (D major) 
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Did you  (G major) ever hear a church  (D major) bell tone?
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Did you  (G major) ever hear a  (D major) church bell tone?
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You may know by  (G major)  (A major) that she's dead
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and gone.  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) 
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Go dig my  (A major) grave with a silver spade  (D major) 
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Go  (G major) dig my grave with a  (D major) silver spade,
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Go dig  (G major) my grave with a  (D major) silver spade,
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And mark  (G major)  (A major) the place where
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I must lay.  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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There's one kind  (A major) of favor
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I ask of  (D major) you
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There's  (G major) one kind of favor
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I  (D major) ask of you
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There's  (G major) one kind favor I ask  (D major) of you,
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Please see that my grave  (A major) is kept
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clean.  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) 
You