Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine chords by Ralph Stanley, Ralph Stanley II

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Verse 1
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) In a little  (F major) country  (C major) village
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I met a  (F major) man and he was blind  (C major) 
As I helped him across the highway
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I cried, burdens are greater  (G major) than  (C major) mine
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I can see  (F major) the light of day,
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and I  (C major) need not feel my way
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Yes, thy burdens are greater  (G major) 
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than mine  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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Saw a  (F major) lad while on his travel  (C major) 
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Tryin'  (F major) hard to play the game  (C major) 
Though his legs were very crippled
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And he could  (G major) not speak his name  (C major) 
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Still he smiled  (F major) and understood  (C major) 
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No life to him  (F major) had been unkind  (C major) 
As I've watched I've thought in sorrow
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Son thy burdens are greater  (G major) than mine  (C major) 
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I can speak  (F major) my name aloud
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Make my way  (C major) among the crowd
Yes, thy burdens are
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greater  (G major) than mine  (C major) 
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Just  (G major)  (C major) by chance  (F major) I
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passed a  (C major) graveyard
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Saw a young  (F major) man kneeling there  (C major) 
In his hand there was a rosary
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On his lips  (G major) there was a cry,  (C major) 
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On a stone  (F major) these words were written,  (C major) 
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My soul is  (F major) God's, my memory thine.  (C major) 
As I've watched I've
thought in sorrow,
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Friend, thy burdens are greater  (G major) than mine.  (C major) 
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Just a drifter  (F major) on the road,
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got no friends,  (C major) I got no home
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Yes, thy burdens are greater  (G major) 