I play it this way, but you could change

all the -2’s to 3’s and you would save some

breath and not have to jump around as much. 

Either way a great song. 

-2  -2  -4  -2   4  -2  -3’  -2 

Now my room has got two win-dows 

-2  -2  -4   -2    4   4   -2     -3’ 

But the sun-shine nev-er comes through 

 -3   4   -3  -4  -2    4  -2   -3’ -2 

You know it’s al-ways dark and drea-ry

 -2  -3  -4    -2   4  4  -2  -3’

Since I broke off, ba-by with you

-3  -3  4 -3  -4 -2 4 -2 -3’-2  

I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue 

-2  -3 -2   -4    -2  -2   4 -3’ -2 

My lit-tle girl would-n’t say I do

-2  -2  -4  -2  4  -2  -3’-2 

Well I feel so sad and blue

-2  -2    -4 -2   4   -2 -3’-2

And it’s all be-cause of you

-4  -4  -4  -4  -4   -4  -4   -4  -4

I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 

 6  5  -4    4   4   4    4   4   4    4

Oh, I could die, I could die, I could die

 -4’ -4  5   4 4  -4  -2 4 -2 -3’-2 

‘Cus I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue

Now you know my cov-ers feel like lead 

And my pil-low it feels like stone 

Well, I’ve toss-ed and turned so ev-‘ry night 

I’m not use to be-ing a-lone

I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue 

My lit-tle girl would-n’t say I do 

Well I feel so sad and blue 

And it’s all be-cause of you

I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 

Oh, I could die, I could die, I could die 

‘Cus I live on a lone-ly av-e-nue

Now I’ve been so sad and lone-some 

Since you’ve left this town

You know if I could beg or bor-row the mon-ey 

Child, I would be a high-way bound

I live on a lone-ly ave-nue 

My lit-tle girl wouldn’t say I do

Well I feel so sad and blue

And it’s all be-cause of you

I could cry, I could cry, I could cry 

I could die, I could die, I could die 

I live on a lone-ly ave-nue

Lone-ly ave-nue

Bb