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Long Gone Lonesome Blues
127 Rose Avenue
G (SPOKEN w/ vamp)
Bocephus, I, I seen your daddy
in nineteen hundred and fifty one
I learned a lot from that man
And he sang somethin' called the Long Gone Lonesome Blues
And now I'm gonna teach it to you
The way I done it
You just take it on like you want to
G
Well I went down to the river
To watch the fish swim by
C
Yeah when I got down to the river
G
I was so lonesome I wanted to cry-eeee (Yeah I wanted to die, Lord)
D7
So I jumped in the river
C G
But doggone Alabama river was dry
G
I had me a woman
She couldn't be true
She married me for my money
And she sure made me blue
C
A man needs a woman
He can lean on
G D7 G
My leaning post has done lit lightin' and long gone
G C
She's lo-----ng and go----ne
G D7 G
and I----- (your Daddy was right, it's the damn long gone lonesome kind of blues)
SPOKEN
(Now pay attention, Son!)
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (12 BARS) 12-BAR BLUES
G
She told me on Sunday
She's checkin' me out
Long about Monday
She ain't nowhere about
C
Here it is Tuesday
G D7 G
I ain't had no news (your Daddy was right, it's theses damn long gone lonesome kind of blues)
G C
She's lo-----ng and go----ne
G
and I----- blue
SPOKEN
Why don't y'all play it and tell me what y'all think about it
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK (12 BARS)
G
I'm gonna find me a river
One that's cold as ice
C
And when I find that river
G
Lord I'm gonna pay the pri------------ce (a high price Lord)
D7
I'm goin' down in it three times
G
Lord, but I'm only comin' up twice
G C
Because she's lo-----ng and go----ne
D7
and I-----m lonesome
G
And so damn blue
