Lonesome, On'ry, And Mean

(verse 1)
 D                       C 
On a greyhound bus, Lord I'm 
    G              D
traveling this morning,
                G                  
I'm going to Shreveport and on down
            D
 to New Orleans,
                    G            
Been driving these highways, been 
              D
doing things my way,
                     Cadd9     G  
It's been making me lonesome, 
       D
on'ry and mean,


(verse 2)
 D                                 
Now her hair was jet black, and her
  C    G     D
 name was Codiene,
                      G         
Thought she was the cream of the 
                D
Basin Street queens,
         G                        
She got tired of that smokey whine 
D
dream,
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               Cadd9     G      
Began to feel lonesome, on'ry and 
   D
mean,



(lead chords - D - C-G-D - G - D - G
 - D - Cadd9 - D)


(verse 3)
 D                       C      
We got together, and we cashed in 
   G     D
our sweeps,
                G            
Gave them to a beggar who was 
                         D
mumbling through the streets,
              G                    
There's no escaping from his snowy 
        D
white dreams,
              Cadd9     G      
Born lookin' lonesome, on'ry and 
    D
mean,


(cerse 4)
 D                                 
Now I'm down in this valley, where 
      C     G     D
the wheels turn so low,
                    G            
At dawn I pray, to the Lord of my 
         D
soul,
                   G               D
I say do Lord, do right by me,
                    Cadd9     G   
I'm tired of being lonesome, on'ry
      D  - Cadd9 - G - D
 and mean,



(outr0 - D - C-G-D - G - D - G - D -
 Cadd9 - D)