Lonesome Valley chords by Alabama

written by A. P. Carter

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Well you got to walk that lonesome valley
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You got to walk it by yourself
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Nobody else can walk it for you
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You got to walk  it by yourself

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Now mother walked that lonesome valley
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She had to walk it by herself
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Cause nobody else could walk it for her
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She had to walk  it by herself

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Now father walked that lonesome valley
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He had to walk it by himself
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Nobody else could walk it for him
                G7       C
He had to walk  it by himself

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Now John they say he was a Baptist
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While others say he was a Jew
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But the holy bible plainly tells you
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Oh that he was  a preacher too

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Yeah you got to walk that lonesome valley
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You got to walk it by yourself
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Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
               G7       C
You got to go  there by yourself

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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