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C C Am G
C C C G C
C C Am G
One bright moonlit night, the moon shinin bright, when you and I made love
C C C G C
Wasn't I true, I say to you, I'm all like a turtle dove.
C C Am G
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
C C C G C
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
C F
Down in the valley where the birds would sing
C G
Could hear nothing that the birds were singing
C F
Down in the valley where the birds could sing
C G C
Could hear nothing that the birds were singing.
C C Am G
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
C C C G C
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
C C C G C
C C Am G
One bright moonlit night, the moon shinin bright, when you and I made love
C C C G C
Wasn't I true, I say to you, I'm all like a turtle dove
C F C G
Oh my darling, oh my dear, You know you treat me mean
C F C G C
Oh my darling, oh my dear, You know you treat me mean
C C Am G
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
C C C G C
Lonesome is I, I wished I could die, Nobody cares for me
Written by Mississippi John Hurt