Lonesome Day chords
Woody Guthrie

Verse 1
           
Today has been

             
 a lonesome da

        
y
             
Today has been

            
 a lonesome da

y
             
Today has been

   
 a lonesome da

y 
              
And tomorrow g

            
onna be the sa

       
me old way


Verse 2
             
It s a winding

            
 road, ain t g

      
ot no end
             
It s a winding

              
 road, ain t g

      
ot no end
             
It s a winding

       
 road, ain t g

ot no end
              
It s a bad and

            
 never changin

  
g wind


Verse 3

            
Did you ever h

            
ear a coffin s

ound?
             
Did you ever h

             
ear a coffin s

ound?
             
Did you ever h

      
ear a coffin s

ound?
              
You know by th

            
at, the poor b

          
oy s undergrou

nd


Verse 4
             
But there s on

            
e kind favor I

           
 ll ask of you
             
there s one ki

              
nd favor I ll 

       
ask of you
             
there s one ki

              
nd favor I ll 


ask of you
            
See that my gr

            
ave is kept cl

ean



Verse 5
             
Did you ever h

            
ear a church b

          
ell tone?
             
Did you ever h

              
ear a church b

       
ell tone?
             
Did you ever h

              
ear a church b


ell tone?
            
You know by th

            
at, the poor b

oy s dead and 

gone


Verse 6
             
You may dig my

            
 grave with a 

           
silver spoon
             
You may dig my

              
 grave with a 

       
silver spoon
             
You may dig my

              
 grave with a 


silver spoon
            
And lower me d

            
own with a gol

den chain


Verse 7
           
Today has been

             
 a lonesome da

        
y
             
Today has been

            
 a lonesome da

y
             
Today has been

   
 a lonesome da

y 
              
And tomorrow g

            
onna be the sa

       
me old way