Lonesome Valley chords by Alabama

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