Lonely Avenue

by Ray Charles , Stephen Marley

Edit

I play it this way, but you could change
 all the -2’s to 3’s and you would save some 
breath and not have to jump around as much.  
Either way a great song. 
 
-2  -2  -4  -2   4  -2  -3’  -2 
Now my room has got two win-dows 
-2  -2  -4   -2    4   4   -2     -3’ 
But the sun-shine nev-er comes through 
 -3   4   -3  -4  -2    4  -2   -3’ -2 
You know it’s al-ways dark and drea-ry
 -2  -3  -4    -2   4  4  -2  -3’
Since I broke off, ba-by with you
 
-3  -3  4 -3  -4 -2 4 -2 -3’-2  
I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue 
-2  -3 -2   -4    -2  -2   4 -3’ -2 
My lit-tle girl would-n’t say I do
-2  -2  -4  -2  4  -2  -3’-2 
Well I feel so sad and blue
-2  -2    -4 -2   4   -2 -3’-2 
And it’s all be-cause of you
  
-4  -4  -4  -4  -4   -4  -4   -4  -4
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 
 6  5  -4    4   4   4    4   4   4    4
Oh, I could die, I could die, I could die
 -4’ -4  5   4 4  -4  -2 4 -2 -3’-2 
‘Cus I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue
  
Now you know my cov-ers feel like lead 
And my pil-low it feels like stone 
Well, I’ve toss-ed and turned so ev-‘ry night 
I’m not use to be-ing a-lone
  
I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue 
My lit-tle girl would-n’t say I do 
Well I feel so sad and blue 
And it’s all be-cause of you
 
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 
Oh, I could die, I could die, I could die 
‘Cus I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue
    
Now I’ve been so sad and lone-some 
Since you’ve left this town
You know if I could beg or bor-row the mon-ey 
Child, I would be a high-way bound
   
I live on a lone-ly ave-nue 
My lit-tle girl wouldn’t say I do
Well I feel so sad and blue
And it’s all be-cause of you
  
I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 
I could die, I could die, I could die 
I live on a lone-ly ave-nue
Lone-ly ave-nue
  
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