Lonely Street
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Intro: E5
[Verso 1]
Em
Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street
Em D
Well, it sure don't seem like twenty years
Em
Since I went walking down this lonely street
Em D
And the smell of perfumed ladies filled the air
[Verso 2]
E5 E D E5 G
This street ain't got no name, dead end is in the river
E5 D C D
And I lived where I hated life day by day
E5 E D E5 G
There wasn't nothing I could do to shake a cold night shiver
E5 D C D
'Cause to move up Lonely Street you had to have some say
[Refrão]
A G
Gambling is bad luck down on Lonely Street
F G
And it sure ain't no place to be when a man gets sore
E5 E D
You know I killed a man and I paid all I can
E5
With twenty years on a chain gang
G C E5
For the flesh and the blood on that jailhouse floor
[Verso 3]
E5 E D E5 E D
Sometimes when I'm walking down this lonely street
E5 D C D
I get caught up in a dream that won't let me go
E5 E D E5 G
And as the bright lights flash up and down this lonely street
E5 D C D
My mind rolls back the years long time ago
[Refrão]
A G
I see my baby stumblin' around with tears in her eyes
F G
And as I reach out for her she falls on the floor
E E D E
She mumbles through bloody lips about a black man, robber, raper
G C E5
And in my gut I know I got one to score
E5
Ay yeah!
Instrumental:
A G
A F E5
Take it baby!
E E D E G
A G A F
E E D E G
A G A F
F# D B C
D C G A
E
[Ponte]
Em Am Em
I need somebody
Em
Oh yeah
C D Em
I need somebody yeah
Instrumental:
E5 E D
I need it!!
E5 G
I need it!!!
E5 C D
I need it!!!
E5 E5 D
Yeah I need it
E5 G
Ahhhh yeah!!
E5 C5 D5
E5 A5 B5
[Verso 4]
E5 E D E D E
The word was comin' down, down on Lonely Street
D C D
That the black man was a dead man if he crossed my trail
E5 A5 B5 E5 E D E E D E
Every night I'd walk up and down this Lonely Street
D C D
I get stinkin' drunk, and always in jail
[Refrão]
Am G
One night they threw me in with a man they called the mangler
F G
He was caught on the street rapin' some old whore
E5 E D
I remember he was quite proud of that
E5
So half-crazed I shot him
G C Em G
And I cried in the blood on that jailhouse floor
Em C Em
Oh, I don't want no more
Em Em7 Em
D Em
How to play Lonely Street
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E5. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.