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Pack Up Your Sorrows (Version 4, handwritten on yellow paper, chords in D, with tab)

Under copyright - title only  IMMHA-L269

Credit: Richard Fariña / Pauline Marden · 1964

Origin: Version 4: handwritten in blue ink on yellowed paper, 4/4 time. The header says 'Key of C' but the chords are written in D (D, G, A7), with verse and chorus tab at the bottom. 'Words & Music by Richard Fariña'. Faint pencil note after the chorus.

Lyrics sheet: courtesy of Country Roads Folk Music Camp, Mount Madonna County Park, California (about the camp)

Original scan: from John's songbook (scan to be posted on @IMMHACAL)

Under copyright. Lyrics are not reproduced here; please see the songwriter's official releases.