You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley Mississippi John Hurt

You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley

Mississippi John Hurt

Anthony Lowery

356
0:00 2:47
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: Ab
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| Ab   - - - | -  - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |

[Chorus]
Ab           Ab
  You got to walk, that lonesome valley
                 G#/Bb                Ab/C
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
             Ab
Ain't nobody else, can walk it for you
           Ab/C
You got to walk,
     G#/Bb     Ab/C        Ab
that valley for    yourself

[Verse 1]
                 Ab
My mother had to walk,
that lonesome valley
                 G#/Bb               Ab/C
Well, she had to walk, it for herself
               Ab
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
                Ab/C
Yes, she had to walk,
       G#/Bb     Ab/C       Ab
a'that valley for    herself

[Chorus]
                   Ab
Oh yes, you got to walk,
that lonesome valley
                 G#/Bb                Ab/C
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
               Ab
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
           Ab/C   G#/Bb Ab/C
You got to walk...
Ab                 Ab
  My father had to walk,
that lonesome valley

[Verse 2]
          G#/Bb                 Ab/C
He had to walk, it for his 'self
               Ab
There's nobody else, can walk it for him
            Ab/C   G#/Bb Ab/C
A'he had to walk...
Ab
  Oh,
             Ab
Jesus had to walk that lonesome valley

[Chorus]
          G#/Bb                Ab/C
He had to walk, it for His'self
               Ab
There's nobody else,
could walk it for Him
          Ab/C
He had to walk,
     G#/Bb     Ab/C        Ab
that valley for    His'self

[Bridge]
Ab G#/Bb Ab/C Ab
Ab/C G#/Bb Ab/C
Ab                   Ab
  Oh yes, you got to walk,
that lonesome valley

[Chorus]
                 G#/Bb                Ab/C
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
               Ab
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
           Ab/C
You got to walk,
     G#/Bb     Ab/C        Ab
that valley for    yourself

Bars

[Intro]
| Ab   - - - | -  - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |

[Chorus]
| Ab   - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - |

You got to walk, that lonesome valley
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
Ain't nobody else, can walk it for you
You got to walk,
that valley for    yourself

[Verse 1]
             | Ab - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - |

My mother had to walk,
that lonesome valley
Well, she had to walk, it for herself
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
Yes, she had to walk,
a'that valley for    herself

[Chorus]
             | Ab - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - |

Oh yes, you got to walk,
that lonesome valley
Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
You got to walk...
My father had to walk,
that lonesome valley

[Verse 2]
                                  | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - |

He had to walk, it for his 'self
There's nobody else, can walk it for him
A'he had to walk...
Oh,
Jesus had to walk that lonesome valley

[Chorus]
                                  | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - |

He had to walk, it for His'self
There's nobody else,
could walk it for Him
He had to walk,
that valley for    His'self

[Bridge]
             | Ab - - - | - - - - | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - |

Oh yes, you got to walk,
that lonesome valley

[Chorus]
                                  | G#/Bb - -     -    |
| Ab/C - - - | Ab - - - | - - - - | Ab/C  - G#/Bb Ab/C |
| Ab   - - - |

Well, you got to walk, it for yourself
There's nobody else, can walk it for you
You got to walk,
that valley for    yourself

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