Long Gone Lonesome Blues

Hank Williams

Key of E · Chords: I IV V VI

Verse 3

LONG GONE LONESOME BLUES (1950)
by Hank Williams

Intro

E A E B7 E

Verse 1

       E
I went down to the river to watch the fish swim by;
      A                                        E C        E
But I got to the river so lonesome I wanted to die..., oh Lord!
           B7                                             E
And then I jumped in the river, but the doggone river was dry.

Refrain

      E    A         E       B7       E
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

Bridge 1

  E
I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
She made me for my money and she made me blue.
  A
A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
       E                    B7       E
But my leanin' post is done left and gone.

Refrain

      E    A         E       B7       E
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

Interlude

E A E B7 E

Verse 2

          E
I'm gonna find me a river, one that's cold as ice.
           A                                          E      C  E
And when I find me that river, Lord I'm gonna pay the price, oh Lord!
          B7                                                  E
I'm goin' down in it three times, but Lord I'm only comin' up twice.

Refrain

      E    A         E       B7       E
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

Bridge 2

    E
She told me on Sunday she was checkin' me out;
Along about Monday she was nowhere about.
    A
And here it is Tuesday, ain't had no news.
  E                     B7        E
I got them gone but not forgotten blues.

Refrain

      E    A         E       B7       E
She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.