Too Late to Cry by The Stanley Brothers
CD: The Stanley Brothers--The Complete Columbia Recordings 1949-1952
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GyKhnh5AYg
℗ Originally Released 1949 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Provided to YouTube by Sony Music Entertainment
Lyrics and Music by Ralph Stanley
Standard Tuning
Key: E


[intro]
   

[Verse 1]
             
Come take me b

             
y my trembling

 
 hand
             
And hold me cl

       
ose to you
            
And think of a

             
ll the days go

   
ne by
             
The days when 

       
love was true


[Chorus]
             
Come go with m

             
e to the old d

 
epot
             
And wave your 

     
hand goodbye
            
I know, I've d

             
one you wrong 

     
sweetheart
             
But now it's t

         
oo late to cry


[Instrumental]
     
     
   


[Verse 2]
             
Sweetheart of 

             
mine, I hate t

  
o go
             
And leave you 

         
here all alone
           
May God protec

      
t and keep you
           
Wherever you m

   
ay roam


[Chorus]
             
Come go with m

            
e to the old d

epot
             
And wave your 

         
hand goodbye
             
I know, I've d

             
one you wrong 

     
sweetheart
             
But now it's t

         
oo late to cry


[Instrumental]
   


[Chorus]
             
Come go with m

            
e to the old d

epot
             
And wave your 

         
hand goodbye
             
I know, I've d

             
one you wrong 

     
sweetheart
             
But now it's t

         
oo late to cry