On And On

Bill Monroe

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                   C             G
Traveling down this long lonesome highway
                        D7
I'm so lonesome I could cry
G                  C               G
Memories of how we once loved each other
                D7         G
And now you are saying goodbye

Verse 2

               C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                           D7
And I wonder where she can be
G              C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                    D7             G
And I wonder if she ever thinks of me

Verse 3

                          C          G
I've cried I've cried for you little darling
                                D7
It breaks my heart to hear your name
   G                 C           G
My friends they also love you my darling
                    D7      G
And they think that I am to blame

Verse 2

               C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                           D7
And I wonder where she can be
G              C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                    D7             G
And I wonder if she ever thinks of me

Verse 4

                 C      G
I have to follow you my darling
                                D7
I can't sleep when the sun goes down
G               C       G
By your side is my destination
                      D7               G
The road is clear and that's where I'm bound

Verse 2

               C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                           D7
And I wonder where she can be
G              C         G
On and on I'll follow my darling
                    D7             G
And I wonder if she ever thinks of me