Pack Up Your Sorrows Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays336

Pack Up Your Sorrows by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A                             D 
Ah, but if somehow you could pack up your sorrows, 
A                    E 
And give them all to me, 
 A                     D 
You would lose them, I know how to use them, 
 A       E       A 
Give them all to me. 
   
  A                D 
No use crying, talking to a stranger, 
  A                        E      
Naming the sorrows you've seen. 
  A                  D  
Too many bad times, too many sad times, 
  A          E             A 
And nobody knows what you mean. 

 
A                             D 
Ah, but if somehow you could pack up your sorrows, 
A                    E 
And give them all to me, 
 A                     D 
You would lose them, I know how to use them, 
 A       E       A 
Give them all to me. 
   
  A                D 
No use rambling, walking in the shadows, 
  A                   E      
Trailing a wandering star. 
  A                D 
No one beside you, no one to hide you, 
 A       E            A 
Nobody knows where you are. 

 
A                             D 
Ah, but if somehow you could pack up your sorrows, 
A                    E 
And give them all to me, 
 A                     D 
You would lose them, I know how to use them, 
 A       E       A 
Give them all to me. 
  
  A               D 
No use roaming, lying by the roadside, 
  A                   E      
Seeking a satisfied mind. 
  A                 D  
Too many highways, too many byways, 
 A       E            A 
And nobody's walking behind. 


A                             D 
Ah, but if somehow you could pack up your sorrows, 
A                    E 
And give them all to me, 
 A                     D 
You would lose them, I know how to use them, 
 A       E       A 
Give them all to me. 
A                      D 
You would lose them, I know how to use them, 
 A       E       A 
Give them all to me.  
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante