[chorus] You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself [verse 1] Now mother walked that lonesome valley Now mother walked, she walked it by herself Well there ain't nobody else could ever walk it for her She had to walk it, she had to walk it by herself [chorus] You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself [verse 2] Daughter will walk that lonesome valley Daughter will walk it, she'll walk it by herself Nobody else could walk it for her Well she has to walk it, she has to walk it by herself [guitar solo] [chorus] You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself [verse 3] Now John was a baptist He was some folk say he was a Jew He wrote that holy holy bible The bible tells you, it plainly tells you That he was, that he was a preacher too [chorus] You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself [final chorus] You've got to walk that lonesome valley Well you gotta go by yourself Well there ain't nobody else gonna go there for you You gotta go there by yourself
