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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
EDADGBe  ED7ADGBe EFdimADGBe  EGADGBe  EG7ADGBe  EA7ADGBe  EBmADGBe  
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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:
DI'm gonna lay down my Fdimold    A7gui-DtarD7  
GGonna lay down my old Dgui-D7tar
I Gwish I could tie it Dto D/C#my    Bmside
And Dtake it aFdimlong wA7ith Dme
#2:
DLord, I'm sick in this Fdimlone-A7some DbedD7  
I'm Gsick in this lonesome DbedD7  
There's Gno one to hold my Dach-D/C#ing  Bmhead
Lord I'm Dsick in this lFdimone-sA7ome bDed
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:
DThere's no one to Fdimcry  A7for Dme   D7  
There's Gno one to cry for DmeD7  
I've Gwandered so far awDay D/C#don't you Bmsee
For Dthere's no one to Fdimcry  A7for Dme
#4:
DI'm gonna lay down my Fdimold    A7gui-DtarD7  
GGonna lay down my old Dgui-D7tar
I Gwish I could tie it Dto D/C#my    Bmside
And Dtake it aFdimlong wA7ith Dme
Instrumental (chords as per intro):
D  Fdim    D   Fdim  D  Fdim  A7  D
#5:
DI'm telling this wFdimorld A7goodDbye   D7  
I'm tellGing this world goodDbyeD7  
I'm tGelling this world and my Ddear D/C#little Bmgirl
LorDd, I'll soon tell them Fdimall  A7goodDbye
#6:
DI'm gonna lay down my Fdimold    A7gui-DtarD7  
GGonna lay down my old Dgui-D7tar
I Gwish I could tie it Dto D/C#my    Bmside
And Dtake it aFdimlong wA7ith Dme
Instrumental outro:
D  Fdim    D   Fdim  D  Fdim  A7  D  D7

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Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar

by Doc Watson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fdim

D/C#

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

200232 200212 xx3131 320003 320001 002020 244232

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

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