Lonesome Walls chords by Ethel waters

SimplifiedB · E · A · C#dim · D …

GuitarPianoUkulele

B
E
A
C#dim
D
G
C
Am
Em
Bm
F
Ddim

Verse 1
B 
E 
A 
C#dim 
D 
B 
E 
A 
D 
G 
When my man
told me when they took me away
C 
Am 
That he would come to see me
C 
G 
every Christmas Day
B 
Em 
Now Christmas is over and
G 
he's lockin' the gate
B 
C 
Oh, Mr. Captain,
D 
G 
please wait, t'ain't late
B 
E 
A 
No use waitin', watchin',
D 
C 
Bm 
hopin' for a man you know's forgettin'
D 
G 
F 
G 
And ain't willin' to wait
C 
There's too many women
G 
for a man to wait
C 
Am 
B 
Mornin', is you still dawnin'
Em 
C 
G 
that clean young Day?
C 
G 
A 
B 
River, river, is you still talkin'
Em 
G 
where my tear done lay?
C 
Am 
D 
Stars, is you still shin
G 
C 
B 
E 
in' when evenin' falls
A 
D 
Ddim 
While my heart is burning
D 
G 
C 
Deep in these lonesome walls?
B 
E 
A 
D 
Lonesome walls, lonesome walls
G 
D 
Deep in these lonesome walls
G 
D 
G 
D 
One of these mornings if
G 
I'm livin' that long
C 
Am 
I'm gonna rise up  singin'
C 
G 
such a  goodbye song
Bm 
Em 
The walls'll fly open,
C 
Em 
B 
C 
the sky and the see
D 
G 
Oh, Mr. Jailer, can it be I'm free?
B 
E 
A 
D 
Then I'll travel, always singing to my home
C 
D 
C 
G 
when tomorrow is a- waitin' for me
C 
A 
'Cause there's a to morrow
Am 
C 
G 
that's waitin' for me
B 
E 
Lonesome walls,
A 
D 
B 
E 
A 
D 
lonesome walls...
C 
At last I'm leavin' these
G 
here lonesome walls