Chords for Man of Constant Sorrow chord explanation Risør Bluegrass guitar class 2013

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Yeah, _ here is the Man of Constant Sorrow again, and I just want to show you which chords I use.
I use a _ _ _ D chord where I [C] have a drop D obviously, and I leave the E string open here to get a more ringing sound.
I don't emphasize that, but I just leave it [F] ringing there.
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And I don't want to use the third note of the scale [Dm] here, because that would [D] sound very happy, and this is a very [F] mournful song.
A very lonesome song, so I'm not using that.
And this doesn't have to ring loud, it just sounds [E] smoother.
Then I [Bb] use this G chord here, _ which actually only includes the G and the D note _ _ in several places. _
So I don't have a third there either, so this doesn't sound particularly happy either, [D] which is perfect for the song.
And then you can use either the A chord, I think this is called a suspended second, [Bm] I'm not completely sure, but we leave the B string [C] open.
_ _ _ _ _ _ So this also has a nice ringing sound, [G] because you have these C open strings here.
Or if you want, because we're playing from the D position anyway, if you want a very lonesome sound,
then you can add a D note here, which is a fourth in the _ A [C] scale.
And _ you need to hear this in the context, but it sounds _ _ right.
So you can either catch it with one finger, or you can catch it with any two fingers that are comfortable with you.
I probably would catch it [B] like this, and [F] then I would move _ back to the D like this.
Another thing to note is that you cannot leave your sixth string ringing during the A chord,
because you don't want [G] the D [C] note to be in the base of that chord. _
_ That sounds bad.
So I either fret it with my index finger, I [G] might even fret it with my thumb,
_ _ which is what I usually do, I just _ damp it with my [Bb] thumb and I don't play it.
[C] _ _ _ I try not to hit it with my pick, but if I did, then it's damped with _ my thumb.
So [B] _ I'll just play one verse for you and [C] let you know what it sounds like. _
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_ _ _ _ _ I bid farewell _ _ to [Bb] old Kentucky, _ _ _ place [C] where I _ was [F] born and _ raised,
the place [C] where he _ was born [F] and raised. _ _
[Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ So you can hear that it blends [C] pretty well with the note that I'm singing.
The place where _ _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ So we're _ singing the A and the D note _ _ over an A chord, which sounds really [C] lonesome.
At least that's how I feel it.
Place where _ I was born [F] and raised. _ _ _