You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AbCapotraste:
1st traste
As recorded by Mississippi John Hurt
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
G D G
[Chorus]
G
You got to walk, that lonesome valley
D G
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
G
Ain't nobody else, can walk it for you
D G
You got to walk, that valley for yourself
[Verse 1]
G
My mother had to walk, that lonesome valley
D G
Well, she had to walk, it for herself
G
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
D G
Yes, she had to walk, a'that valley for herself
[Chorus]
G
Oh yes, you got to walk, that lonesome valley
D G
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
G
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
G
You got to walk...
[Verse 2]
G
My father had to walk, that lonesome valley
D G
He had to walk, it for his'self
G
There's nobody else, can walk it for him
G
A'he had to walk...
[Verse 3]
G
Oh, Jesus had to walk that lonesome valley
D G
He had to walk, it for His'self
G
There's nobody else, could walk it for you
D G
He had to walk, that valley for His'self
[Interlude]
G
[Out-Chorus]
G
Oh yes, you got to walk, that lonesome valley
D G
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
G
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
D G
You got to walk, that valley for yourself
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