A LONESOME ROAD TO TRAVEL
3/4     Key of D                                                         Bill Monroe

Verse 1:                                                                  I 
D    /      /      D7    /      /      G    /      /      G      /        /   
bid       fare-   well      to my  home   so   dear         and

D    /      /      D    /      /      A    /      /      A      /        /   
started           down     life's road

D    /      /      D7    /      /      G    /      /      G      /        /   
I was seeking a fortune wider dear

D    /      /      A    /      /      D    /      /      D      /        /   
Many things had been my goal

There's many things I've seen in life
I thought I'd like to roam
But I'd give them all and more if I
Could get off this lonesome road

Chorus:                                                              It's a                                                                                                      

A    /      /      A    /      /      D    /      /      D      /        /   
lone-    some road        to     travel          on            Many 

A    /      /      A    /      /      D    /      /      A      /        /   
miles          of sorrow is       all I've known           But I've 

D    /      /      D7    /      /      G    /      /      G      /        /   
gone       too   far            to turn       back now    From this 

D    /      /      A    /      /      D    /      /      D      /        /      
lonesome        lonesome      road

I left behind a love that's true
She cried and begged me not to go
But my foolish pride told me what to do
And put me on this lonesome road

Oh such lonely nights I've never found
No time in life before
If she takes me back I'll settle down
And travel this road no more

Recorded by:  Bill Monroe

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