Lonely Avenue
by Ray Charles, Stephen Marley · posted by Turkey_Man
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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