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**************** LONESOME ON'RY AND MEAN ****************

performed by Waylon Jennings.


Verse 1:
         D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)On agreyhound (x02210@1)bus,Lord i'm traveling this morning
                        G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)I'm going to Shreveport and on down to New Orleans
                            G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)Been driving these highways,been doing things my way
                             C/G (3x555x@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)It's been making me lonesome,on'ry and mean


Verse 2:
         D (xx0232@1)                                G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)Now her hair was jet black,and her name was Codiene
                              G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)Thought she was the cream of the Basin Street queens
                 G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)She got tired of that smokey whine dream
                       C/G (3x555x@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)Began to feel lonesome,on'ry and mean


Verse 3:
         D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)We got together,and we cashed in our sweeps
                        G (320003@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)Gave them to abeggar (x02210@1)who was mumbling through the streets
                      G (320003@1)                          D (xx0232@1)There's no escaping from his snowy white dreams
                      C/G (3x555x@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)Born lookin' lonesome,on'ry and mean


Verse 4:
         D (xx0232@1)                                    G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)Now i'm down in this valley,where the wheels turn so low
                    G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)At dawn i pray,to the Lord of my soul
                  G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)I say do Lord,do right by me
                            C/G (3x555x@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)I'm tired of being lonesome,on'ry and mean

Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr