Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Doc Watson with Merle Watson
Composer: Alton Delmore
Original key : D
From the 1965 album "Doc Watson & Son"
Chords
D D7 Fdim G G7 A7 Bm
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
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Fingering the Fdim corectly allows a simple slide down to the A7.
If you want to try the Fdim chord in other inversions a Fdim7 sounds OK.
Intro:
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
#1:
D Fdim A7 D D7
I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D/C# Bm
I wish I could tie it to my side
D Fdim A7 D
And take it along with me
#2:
D Fdim A7 D D7
Lord, I'm sick in this lone-some bed
G D D7
I'm sick in this lonesome bed
G D D/C# Bm
There's no one to hold my ach-ing head
D Fdim A7 D
Lord I'm sick in this lone-some bed
Instrumental (chords as per intro and verse):
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
D Fdim A7 D D7
G D D7
G D D/C# Bm
D Fdim A7 D
#3:
D Fdim A7 D D7
There's no one to cry for me
G D D7
There's no one to cry for me
G D D/C# Bm
I've wandered so far away don't you see
D Fdim A7 D
For there's no one to cry for me
#4:
D Fdim A7 D D7
I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D/C# Bm
I wish I could tie it to my side
D Fdim A7 D
And take it along with me
Instrumental (chords as per intro):
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D
#5:
D Fdim A7 D D7
I'm telling this world goodbye
G D D7
I'm telling this world goodbye
G D D/C# Bm
I'm telling this world and my dear little girl
D Fdim A7 D
Lord, I'll soon tell them all goodbye
#6:
D Fdim A7 D D7
I'm gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D7
Gonna lay down my old gui-tar
G D D/C# Bm
I wish I could tie it to my side
D Fdim A7 D
And take it along with me
Instrumental outro:
D Fdim D Fdim D Fdim A7 D D7
