F C  F C  F C  Bb F C

[VERSE 1]

        F                        Bb      C
I don’t think I’ve encountered a man so irate
         F                        Bb           C
You’re a better man than I if you get past his gate
          F                        Bb       C
He treats hawkers and Mormons with equal disdain
Bb                     C
Jesus, I feel won’t be coming back again.
         F           Bb     C
He’s got nothing for you to borrow
      F              Bb           C
And a mastiff in the back running loose
       Dm              Bb
He’s a man of constant sorrow
       C         C7       F   C  F  C
With a garage in constant use.

[VERSE 2]

  F                    Bb           C
I once had occasion to stand on his bin
      F                      Bb           C
I was trying to attract his attention within
  F                    Bb        C
A gap in the curtains afforded a view
   Bb                   C
Of ultimate loneliness; absolute blue.
       F        Bb       C
I have sympathy also for Zorro
        F        Bb       C
Who was fencing away the abuse
       Dm              Bb
From a man of constant sorrow
       C         C7       F   C  F  C
With a garage in constant use.

Dm  Bb  Dm  Bb  Dm  Bb  C  C7

[VERSE 3]

  F                        Bb          C
A yacht on his windowsill according to some
 F                         Bb           C
Alludes to a tragedy which rendered him numb
   F                           Bb           C
To cope with the grief and the hurt and the loss
   Bb             C
He exited Crieff, Perth and Kinross.
        F            Bb         C
And I’m sure I could cure him tomorrow
     F           Bb       C
By suggesting we broker a truce
            Dm               Bb
Between his mind of constant sorrow
        C         C7       F    C7 F
And his garage in constant use.