Lonely Avenue:Ray Charles. #6 on the R&B Charts on ATLANTIC Records in 1956. INTRO: Ebm #1. Db Abm Now my room has got two windows but the sunshine never comes through. Abm You know it's always dark and dreary..since I broke off, baby, with you. Db Abm I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say, I do. Eb Db Abm Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you. CHORUS: Eb Db I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could die, I could die. Ab Abm Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue. #2. Abm Db Ab Now, my covers they feel like lead and my pillow, it feels like stone. Db Abm Well, I've tossed and turned so every night, I'm not used to being alone. Db Abm I live on a lonely avenue..my little girl wouldn't say, I do. Eb Db Abm Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you. CHORUS: Eb Db I 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 Abm Now, I've been so sad and lonesome..since you've left this town. Ab You 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, Abm I do. Eb Db Abm Well, I feel so sad and blue..and it's all because of you. CHORUS: Eb Db I could cry, I could cry, I could cry..I could die, I could die, I could die. Ab Abm Because I live on a lonely avenue..lonely avenue. OUTRO: Ab lonely avenue..lonely avenue..(end.) A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
