verse 1: G Your guitar's hanging on the wall D/F# In a hole in Aberdeen C With the dancing shoes and the brakeman's blues F C And the dirty magazines G I've heard that thing a thousand times D/F# By the glow of kerosene C And I guess I heard you gave it up F C For the sake of coming clean Chorus: G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow F C Ain't is something, ain't it slow G D/F# From the getting up that mighty high F C To the winding up that low G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow, F C Ain't it something ain't it slow G You leave a trail D/F# Of harm and hail F C Everywhere you go verse 2: G The steel wires stretch across the place D/F# And they cut it all apart C Where the worthless words of the wagging tongues F C They cut you to the heart G I always knew the steel was cold D/F# And I figured it was sharp C Now the steel strings keep me tethered to F C The highway and the harp Chorus: G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow F C Ain't is something, ain't it slow G D/F# From the getting up that mighty high F C To the winding up that low G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow, F C Ain't it something ain't it slow G You leave a trail D/F# Of harm and hail F C Everywhere you go F C Everywhere you go INTERLUDE: D C G they're going to put you in the paper D C G if you're too small for the screen F C they'll ride you blue F C and when they're through F C gonna turn you into glue D anyway verse 3: G If your I's are always troubled D/F# And your T's are double-crossed C The buzzards bound to claim he found F C A man that wasn't lost G You'll find me here this time, next year D/F# If I'm anywhere at all C Down in the birl, the swine and pearls F C The girls and alcohol Chorus: G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow F C Ain't is something, ain't it slow G D/F# From the getting up that mighty high F C To the winding up that low G D/F# Sorrow, ain't it sorrow, F C Ain't it something ain't it slow G You leave a trail D/F# Of harm and hail F C Everywhere you go F C Everywhere you go