A Lonesome Road to Travel

Joe Stuart

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                    C
I bid farewell to my home so dear
    G                   D7
And started down life’s road
        G               C
I was a seeking fortune wide or near
G               C       G
Many things had been my goal

Verse 2

                         C
There’s many things I’ve seen in life
  G                   D7
I thought I’d like to own
        G                 C
But I’d give them all and more if I
          G        C        G
Could get off this lonesome road

Verse 3

       D7               C      G
It’s a lonesome road to travel on
     D7                 C        G
Many miles of sorrow is all I’ve known
                         C
But I’ve gone too far to turn back now
     G             C        G
From this lonesome lonesome road

Verse 4

                C
I left behind a love that’s true
    G                          D7
She cried and begged me not to go
       G                     C
But my foolish pride told me what to do
    G              C        G
And put me on this lonesome road

Verse 5

                             C
Oh such lonesome nights I’ve never found
   G              D7
No time in life before
         G                C
If she’d take me back I’d settle down
    G           C       G
And travel this road no more

Verse 3

       D7               C      G
It’s a lonesome road to travel on
     D7                 C        G
Many miles of sorrow is all I’ve known
                         C
But I’ve gone too far to turn back now
     G             C        G
From this lonesome lonesome road

Verse 6

                   C        G
From this lonesome lonesome road