Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

  On a greyhound bus,Lord i'm traveling this morning

  I'm going to Shreveport and on down to New Orleans

  Been driving these highways,been doing things my way

  It's been making me lonesome,on'ry and mean

Verse 2

  Now her hair was jet black,and her name was Codiene

  Thought she was the cream of the Basin Street queens

  She got tired of that smokey whine dream

  Began to feel lonesome,on'ry and mean

Verse 3

  We got together,and we cashed in our sweeps

  Gave them to a beggar who was mumbling through the streets

  There's no escaping from his snowy white dreams

  Born lookin' lonesome,on'ry and mean

Verse 4

  Now i'm down in this valley,where the wheels turn so low

  At dawn i pray,to the Lord of my soul

  I say do Lord,do right by me

  I'm tired of being lonesome,on'ry and mean