Lonesome Road Chords
by Doc Watson
Lonesome Road by Doc Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Dm and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
F Dm Bb F Bb
Look up, look down that lonesome road
F Bb F Bb
Hang down your little head and cry my love,
F Bb F
Hang down your little head and cry
F Dm Bb F Bb
The best of friends must part some time
F Bb F Bb
And why not you and I my love,
F Bb F
And why not you and I
F Dm Bb F Bb
The longest train I ever saw
F Bb F Bb
Went down that Georgia line my love,
F Bb F
Went down that Georgia line
F Dm Bb F Bb
The only girl I've ever loved
F Bb F Bb
Is on that train and gone my love,
F Bb F
Is on that train and gone
Solo
Verse
F Dm Bb F Bb
The darkest night I ever saw
F Bb F Bb
Was the day that I left my home my love,
F Bb F
Was the day that I left my home
F Dm Bb F Bb
And I never thought when we first met
F Bb F Bb
This awful day would come my love,
F Bb F
Such an awful day would come.
F Dm Bb F Bb
Look up, look down that lonesome road
F Bb F Bb
Hang down your little head and cry my love,
F Bb F
Hang down your little head and cry
F Dm Bb F Bb
The best of friends must part some day
F Bb F Bb
And why not you and I my love,
F Bb F
And why not you and I