Lonesome Onry And Mean
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
E D A E
[Verse 1]
E D E
On a Greyhound bus I'm ridin' this morning
A E
I'm goin' to Shreveport and down to New Orleans
A E
I've been around on these highways, I've been traveling these by-ways
D A E
It's been making me lonesome on'ry and mean
E D A E
[Verse 2]
E D A E
Her hair was jet black and her name was Bodine
A E
She thought she was the queen of the Basin Street cream
A E
Yeah but everybody gets tired of a smoky-wine dream
D A E
She began feeling lonesome on'ry and mean
E D A E
[Verse 3]
E D E
Yeah so we got together and we cashed in our sweeps
A E
We give 'em to some beggar, he was mumblin' through the streaks
A E
He stood there escaping from his snowy white dream
D A E
He began lookin' lonesome on'ry and mean
E D A E
[Verse 4]
E D A E
So I'm down in this valley here where the wheels turn so low
A E
At dawn I pray to the Lord of my soul
A E
I say hey Lord won't you help me jump clean
D A E
You know I'm tired of being lonesome on'ry and mean
[Outro]
E D A E (x5)
Artist: Steve Young
Album: Renegade Picker
Track 7: Lonesome, On'ry & Mean
Year: 1976
Written by Steve Young
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