Lonely Avenue:Ray Charles. #6 on the R&B Charts on ATLANTIC Records in 1956. INTRO: Ebm #1.

^DbNow my ^Abmroom has got two windows but the sunshine never comes through. ^AbmYou know it's always dark and dreary..since I broke off,

baby, with you.

I live on a ^Dblonely avenue..my little ^Abmgirl wouldn't say, I do. Well, I ^Ebfeel so sad and blue..and it's ^Dball because of ^Abmyou.

CHORUS:

I could ^Ebcry, I could cry, I could cry..I could ^Dbdie, I could die, I could die. Because I live on a ^Ablonely ave^Abmnue..lonely avenue.

#2.

^AbmNow, my covers they feel like ^Dblead and my ^Abpillow, it feels like stone. Well, I've ^Dbtossed and ^Abmturned so every night, I'm not used to

being alone.

I live on a ^Dblonely avenue..my little ^Abmgirl wouldn't say, I do. Well, I ^Ebfeel so sad and blue..and it's ^Dball because of ^Abmyou.

CHORUS:

I could ^Ebcry, I could cry, I could cry..I could ^Dbdie, I could die, I could die. Because I live on a ^Ablonely avenue..lonely avenue. (^AbLonely avenue..lonely avenue..)

INTERLUDE: Db Ab Eb Db..Ab Abm Ab (lonely avenue..lonely avenue..) #3.

^AbNow, I've been so sad and lonesome..since you've left this ^Abmtown. You know if I could beg or borrow the money, ^Abchild, I would be

A-highway bound.

I live on a ^Dblonely avenue..my little ^Abmgirl wouldn't ^Dbsay, I ^Abmdo. Well, I ^Ebfeel so sad and blue..and it's ^Dball because of ^Abmyou.

CHORUS:

I could ^Ebcry, I could cry, I could cry..I could ^Dbdie, I could die, I could die. Because I live on a ^Ablonely ave^Abmnue..lonely avenue.

OUTRO:

^Ablonely avenue..lonely avenue..(end.)

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

Ray Charles - Lonely avenue