Fate Of Man Chords

  			
( Sung ) 
C               G                   Am           D7 
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass  
      G 
going down life's road 

verse 1 

( Recitative ) 

G                                          C 
When a man is one and twenty, he thinks he knows it all;  
            D7                     G 
He can't see down the road of life where he'll ever fall. 
                        C                          Am       
But fall he will, as he travels through life. With all it's 
          D7          
pitfalls, troubles and strife. 
G                         C                   D7 
Now, at fifty, he's going real strong. He has him a family 
     G                                                 C 
and a nice little home; But old age is creepin' up his spine, 
               D                G 
and the day is comin' when the sun won't shine. 
G                       C                   D7 
Now, at sixty, he won't have to guess; He's already missed  
         G                            
the boat that leads to success; But he's done his best 
       C                  Am            D7 
and he can't see why, the fame of life just passed him by. 
 G                         C             D7            G 
Now at seventy, he can see the light and he knows he's never  
                                                           
been very bright. But he's done his best as he's traveled by  
C                   D        G 
and now, all he can do is to sit and sigh. 


( sung ) 

C               G                  Am            D7 
Pity a man, for he don't know, the trouble he'll pass  
      G 
going down life's road. 

verse 2 

( Recitative ) 

G                         C                         D7 
Now at eighty, he's ready for the reath. He's wore out his hair 
    G                                                C 
and two sets of teeth; He has rheumatism in his hands and feet, 
Am           D7                G                
and nothin' seems good to eat. So you can pity him as he goes 
C                  D7                        G 
up the line. As he wobbles on the spindle and he's almost blind. 
                                                 C 
And you can tell by the way that he travels alone, that it won't be 
     D                 G       
long before he's goin' home. But if he's kept the commandments 
                 C                          D7 
as he's traveled through life, he'll have a home in Heaven  
               G 
where there'll be no strife. He's worked all his life to get  
           C                                       Am 
things the way he wants them; He comes here against his will  
D7               G 
and he goes away disappointed.