Lonely Avenue chords by Ray Charles

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

INTRO: Ebm

#1.
Db     Abm
Now my room has got two windows but the sunshine never

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

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

I do.
        Eb                             Db             Abm
Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
        Eb                                     Db
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could

die, I could die.
                    Ab        Abm
Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

#2.
Abm                           Db          Ab
Now, my covers they feel like lead and my pillow, it feels like

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

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

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

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


INTERLUDE: Db Ab Eb Db..Ab Abm Ab (lonely avenue..lonely avenue..)

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

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

CHORUS:
        Eb                                     Db
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could

die, I could die.
                    Ab        Abm
Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

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



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