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HIGHWAY OF SORROW (Bill Monore, Pete Pyle)
from "True Life Blues, The Songs Of Bill Monroe" (Sugar Hill, SHCD-2209)
CAPO 4
I oGnce had a darling, was kind, true Cand sweet.G  
GLife was so bright and gay, everything to please.D  
I fGell for another, who led my Clife astray.G  
And now I live Gin sorrow, ?till my dDying dayG  
Chorus:
Down a HighwGay of Sorrow, I?m traveling alonCg.G  
I?ve loGst all my true friends, I?ve lost a happy home.D  
I?m heaGded for destruction, I?m on the wronCg track.G  
Down a HighwaGy of Sorrow, there?s no turning back.D  G  
I went back to my darling, and I got down on my knees.
I begged here with tears and eyes, to give my poor heart ease.
But she was hurt so deeply, she could not forgive.
Now I live in sorrow, as long as I live
(Chorus)

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Highway Of Sorrow

by Bill Monroe

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HIGHWAY OF SORROW (Bill Monore, Pete Pyle)

from "True Life Blues, The Songs Of Bill Monroe" (Sugar Hill, SHCD-2209)

CAPO 4

G C G

I once had a darling, was kind, true and sweet.

G D

Life was so bright and gay, everything to please.

G C G

I fell for another, who led my life astray.

G D G

And now I live in sorrow, ?till my dying day

Chorus:

G C G

Down a Highway of Sorrow, I?m traveling along.

G D

I?ve lost all my true friends, I?ve lost a happy home.

G C G

I?m headed for destruction, I?m on the wrong track.

G D G

Down a Highway of Sorrow, there?s no turning back.

I went back to my darling, and I got down on my knees.

I begged here with tears and eyes, to give my poor heart ease.

But she was hurt so deeply, she could not forgive.

Now I live in sorrow, as long as I live

(Chorus)

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