Lonesome Road Blues

Source Recording Artist: Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Album: Mr. Bluegrass (1961)

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Song Details

Title: Lonesome Road Blues

Alternate Titles: Going Down That Road Feeling Bad

Songwriter(s):

Traditional

First Release: Henry Whitter (1924)

Themes: Law Breaking, Roads and Highways

Source Recording Details

Key: C

Time Signature: Boom-Chuck

Tempo (BPM): 152

Track Length: 2:28

Musicians:

Lead Singer:

Guitar:

Mandolin:

Fiddle:

Audio/Video Recordings

Lonesome Road Blues

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I’m going down this long lonesome road lord lord
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I’m going down this long lonesome road
4 1
Going down this long lonesome road lord lord
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And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a way
 

I’m going down this road feeling bad lord lord
Going down this road feeling bad
Going down this road feeling bad lord lord
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

I’m way down in jail on my knees lord lord
I’m way down in jail on my knees
Way down in jail on my knees lord lord
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

They feed me on cornbread and beans
They feed me on cornbread and beans
Feed me on cornbread and beans lord lord
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

I’m going down this road feeling bad lord lord
Going down this road feeling bad
Going down this road feeling bad lord lord
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

I’m going down this long lonesome road
I’m going down this long lonesme road
Going down this long lonesome road lord lord
And I ain’t a-gonna be treated this a-way

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