Lonesome Road Blues

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Version 2 of Lonesome Road Blues

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Chorus

    C                    G
I’m going down this road feeling bad
    C                    G
I’m going down this road feeling bad
I’m going down this road feeling bad, lord, lord
    D7                         G
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

Verse 1

    C                        G
I’m down in the jailhouse on my knees
     C                   G
Down in the jailhouse on my knees
     C                   G
Down in the jailhouse on my knees, lord, lord
    D7                         G
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

Verse 2

They feed me on corn bread and beans
They feed me on corn bread and beans
     C                         G
They feed me on corn bread and beans, lord, lord
    D7                         G
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

Verse 3

Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Got two dollar shoes on my feet
Two dollar shoes they hurt my feet, lord, lord
    D7                         G
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

Verse 4

It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my foot, Great God
    D7                         G
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

Verse 5

I’m going where the weather fits my clothes
I’m going where the weather fits my clothes
I’m going where the weather fits my clothes, lord lord
    D7                          G
And I ain’t  a-gonna be treated this a-way
Recorded by: Bill Monroe (1961), Raymond Fairchild (1963), Bill Emerson (1964), Ralph Stanley (1968), Don Reno (1968)
and 15 more, Eddie Adcock (1968), The Stanley Brothers (1981), Josh Graves (1987), Kenny Baker (1987), Clarence White (1991), Doc Watson (1991), Tony Trischka (1992), The Osborne Brothers (1995), David Grier (1998), Rob Ickes (1999), Carroll Best (1999), Dry Branch Fire Squad (2001), The Del McCoury Band (2011), Yonder Mountain String Band (2016), The Seldom Scene

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