Chords with lyrics
written by A. P. Carter
C majorC FF C majorC
Well you got to walk that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
You got to walk it by yourself
FF C majorC
Nobody else can walk it for you
G7G7 C majorC
You got to walk it by yourself
FF C majorC
Now mother walked that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
She had to walk it by herself
FF C majorC
Cause nobody else could walk it for her
G7G7 C majorC
She had to walk it by herself
FF C majorC
Now father walked that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
He had to walk it by himself
FF C majorC
Nobody else could walk it for him
G7G7 C majorC
He had to walk it by himself
FF C majorC
Now John they say he was a Baptist
G7G7 C majorC
While others say he was a Jew
FF C majorC
But the holy bible plainly tells you
G7G7 C majorC
Oh that he was a preacher too
FF C majorC
Yeah you got to walk that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
You got to walk it by yourself
FF C majorC
Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
G7G7 C majorC
You got to go there by yourself
FF C majorC
Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
We got to walk it by ourselves
FF C majorC
Cause nobody else can walk it for us
G7G7 C majorC
We got to walk it by ourselves
FF C majorC
Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley
G7G7 C majorC
We got to walk it by ourselves
FF C majorC
Nobody else can walk it for us
G7G7 C majorC
We got to walk it by ourselves
G7G7 C majorC
Yeah we got to walk it by ourselves