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Well you got to walk that lonesome valley 
           G7             C 
You got to walk it by yourself 
       F                C 
Nobody else can walk it for you 
                 G7        C 
You got to walk  it by yourself 

                       F        C 
Now mother walked that lonesome valley 
           G7            C 
She had to walk it by herself 
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Cause nobody else could walk it for her 
                 G7       C 
She had to walk  it by herself 

                       F        C 
Now father walked that lonesome valley 
          G7            C 
He had to walk it by himself 
       F                  C 
Nobody else could walk it for him 
                G7       C 
He had to walk  it by himself 

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Now John they say he was a Baptist 
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While others say he was a Jew 
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But the holy bible plainly tells you 
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Oh that he was  a preacher too 

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Yeah you got to walk that lonesome valley 
           G7             C 
You got to walk it by yourself 
             F                   C 
Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you 
               G7       C 
You got to go  there by yourself 

                         F        C 
Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley 
          G7            C 
We got to walk it by ourselves 
             F                C 
Cause nobody else can walk it for us 
                G7       C 
We got to walk  it by ourselves 

                         F        C 
Yeah we got to walk that lonesome valley 
          G7            C 
We got to walk it by ourselves 
       F                C 
Nobody else can walk it for us 
                G7       C 
We got to walk  it by ourselves 
                     G7       C 
Yeah we got to walk  it by ourselves