Ray Charles – Lonely Avenue chords

Lonely Avenue:Ray Charles.
#6 on the R&B Charts on ATLANTIC Records
in 1956.

INTRO: Ebm

#1.
Db     AbmNow my room has got two windows but the sunshine never 

comes through.
AbmYou know it's always dark and dreary..since I broke off, 

baby, with you.
            Db                       AbmI live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say, 

I do.
        Eb                             Db             AbmWell, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
        Eb                                     DbI could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could 

die, I could die.
                    Ab        AbmBecause I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

#2.
Abm                           Db          AbNow, my covers they feel like lead and my pillow, it feels like 

stone.
           Db         AbmWell, I've tossed and turned so every night, I'm not used to 

being alone.
            Db                       AbmI live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say, 

I do.
        Eb                             Db             AbmWell, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
        Eb                                     DbI could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could 

die, I could die.
                    Ab        Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.
 Ab(Lonely avenue..lonely avenue..)


INTERLUDE: Db Ab Eb Db..Ab Abm Ab (lonely avenue..lonely avenue..)

#3.
Ab                                                         AbmNow, I've been so sad and lonesome..since you've left this town.
                                             AbYou know if I could beg or borrow the money, child, I would be 

A-highway bound.
            Db                       Abm           Db        I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say, 
  AbmI do.
        Eb                             Db             AbmWell, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you.

CHORUS:
        Eb                                     DbI could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could 

die, I could die.
                    Ab        AbmBecause I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue.

OUTRO:
Ablonely avenue..lonely avenue..(end.)



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