Lonely Avenue chords by Ray Charles

Chords with lyrics

Lonely Avenue:Ray Charles.
#6 on the R&B Charts on ATLANTIC Records
in 1956.

INTRO: EbmEbm

#1.
DbDb   AbmAbm
Now my room has got two windows but the sunshine never

comes through.
AbmAbm
You know it's always dark and dreary..since I broke off,

baby, with you.
      DbDb            AbmAbm
I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say,

I do.
    Eb MajorEb               DbDb       AbmAbm
Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
    Eb MajorEb                   DbDb
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could

die, I could die.
          AbAb    AbmAbm
Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

#2.
AbmAbm              DbDb     AbAb
Now, my covers they feel like lead and my pillow, it feels like

stone.
      DbDb     AbmAbm
Well, I've tossed and turned so every night, I'm not used to

being alone.
      DbDb            AbmAbm
I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say,

I do.
    Eb MajorEb               DbDb       AbmAbm
Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.
CHORUS:
    Eb MajorEb                   DbDb
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could

die, I could die.
          AbAb
Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.
 AbAb
(Lonely avenue..lonely avenue..)

INTERLUDE: DbDb AbAb Eb MajorEb Db..Ab AbmAbm AbAb (lonely avenue..lonely avenue..)

#3.
AbAb                             AbmAbm
Now, I've been so sad and lonesome..since you've left this town.
                       AbAb
You know if I could beg or borrow the money, child, I would be

A-highway bound.
      DbDb            AbmAbm      DbDb
I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say,
 AbmAbm
I do.
    Eb MajorEb               DbDb       AbmAbm
Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
    Eb MajorEb                   DbDb
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could

die, I could die.
          AbAb    AbmAbm
Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

OUTRO:
AbAb
lonely avenue..lonely avenue..(end.)


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