Poor Old Slave Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays398

Poor Old Slave by Doug Dillard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C7, F, G and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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       C        C7        F       C 
1. The poor old slave has gone to rest 
                      G - G7 
   We know that he is free 
       C           C7      F         C 
   His bones, they lie, disturb them not 
               G - G7 - C 
   Way down in Tennessee 

       C              C7               F             C 
2. The poor, poor old slave, slave has gone, gone to rest, rest 
                                G           G7 
   We know, know that he, he is free, free, free 
       C                  C7           F               C 
   His bones, bones, they lie, lie disturb, -turb them not, not 
                     G           G7         C 
   Way down, down in Ten - enn - Tennessee, see, see 

       C             C7                    F             C 
3. The pa - poor old sla - sla -slave, has gon - gone to re - rest 
                                G           G7 
   We know, know that he, he is free, free, free 
       C               C7             F                C 
   His bo - bones they lie - lie, dis-turb, -turb them not, not 
                     G         G7         C 
   Way dow - down in Ten -enn- Tennessee, see, see 

       C               C7                 F               C 
4. The piggly-poor old sliggily-slave has giggily-gone to riggily-rest 
                                       G           G7 
   We kniggily-know that higgily-he is free, free, free 
       C                  C7              F                         C 
   His biggily-bones they leggily-lie dis-tiggily-turb them niggily-not 
                       G       G7             C 
   Way diggily-down in Tiggily-Tennesee, see, see 

   G   G7        C   
   A...miggily...men! 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante