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Lonesome Valley

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written by A. P. Carter
CWell you got to walk that Flonesome Cvalley
You got to G7walk it by yourCself
Nobody Felse can walk it Cfor you
You got to walk  G7it by yourCself
Now mother walked that Flonesome Cvalley
She had to G7walk it by herCself
Cause nobody Felse could walk it Cfor her
She had to walk  G7it by herCself
Now father walked that Flonesome Cvalley
He had to G7walk it by himCself
Nobody Felse could walk it Cfor him
He had to walk  G7it by himCself
Now John they say he Fwas a CBaptist
While others G7say he was a CJew
But the holy Fbible plainly Ctells you
Oh that he was  G7a preacher Ctoo
Yeah you got to walk that Flonesome Cvalley
You got to G7walk it by yourCself
Ain't nobody Felse gonna go there Cfor you
You got to go  G7there by Cyourself
Yeah we got to walk that Flonesome Cvalley
We got to G7walk it by ourCselves
Cause nobody Felse can walk it Cfor us
We got to walk  G7it by ourCselves
Yeah we got to walk that Flonesome Cvalley
We got to G7walk it by ourCselves
Nobody Felse can walk it Cfor us
We got to walk  G7it by ourCselves
Yeah we got to walk  G7it by ourCselves

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Lonesome Valley

by Alabama

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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written by A. P. Carter

C F C

Well you got to walk that lonesome valley

G7 C

You got to walk it by yourself

F C

Nobody else can walk it for you

G7 C

You got to walk it by yourself

F C

Now mother walked that lonesome valley

G7 C

She had to walk it by herself

F C

Cause nobody else could walk it for her

G7 C

She had to walk it by herself

F C

Now father walked that lonesome valley

G7 C

He had to walk it by himself

F C

Nobody else could walk it for him

G7 C

He had to walk it by himself

F C

Now John they say he was a Baptist

G7 C

While others say he was a Jew

F C

But the holy bible plainly tells you

G7 C

Oh that he was a preacher too

F C

Yeah you got to walk that lonesome valley

G7 C

You got to walk it by yourself

F C

Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you

G7 C

You got to go there by yourself

F C

Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley

G7 C

We got to walk it by ourselves

F C

Cause nobody else can walk it for us

G7 C

We got to walk it by ourselves

F C

Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley

G7 C

We got to walk it by ourselves

F C

Nobody else can walk it for us

G7 C

We got to walk it by ourselves

G7 C

Yeah we got to walk it by ourselves

About Lonesome Valley Chords by Alabama

Learn how to play Lonesome Valley by Alabama with free guitar chords, lyrics, and interactive chord diagrams. Search for “Lonesome Valley chords”, “Lonesome Valley guitar chords”, or “Alabama Lonesome Valley chords” and you will find this page — transpose to any key, tap chords for diagrams, and use auto-scroll while you play. Perfect for beginners looking for easy Lonesome Valley chords and for experienced players who want accurate Lonesome Valley lyrics and chords in one place. Common chords in this song include A, C, F, G7.

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