Chords with lyrics
Oh, Lonesome Me
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
Richard Blackwell ([email protected])
I found a rendition of “Oh, Lonesome Me†by Neil Young on YouTube. I capoed up four and tried playing along for a while. This is what came out.
Neil seems to like to pull-off/hammer-on notes in his chords (e.g., in this piece the E MajorE (middle finger) in his open C majorC chords, the A augmentedA (again, middle finger) in his open FF chords). Those oh-so-Neil-like embellishments are not reflected here.
Standard tuning
Capo on 4
Intro: C majorC FF C majorC FF
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Everybody's going out and having fun.
C majorC FF C majorC FF
I'm a fool for staying home and having none.
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
I can't get over how she set me free.
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
C majorC FF C majorC FF
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
I've thought of everything from A augmentedA to Z,
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh, oh, lonesome me.
DmDm G+G E minorEm A7A7
I bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free
FF C majorC
flirtin’ with the boys with all her charms.
DmDm G+G E minorEm A7A7
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
FF G+G C majorC
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.
C majorC FF C majorC FF
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
C majorC C7C7 FF F minorFm
I can't get over how she set me free.
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
C majorC FF C majorC FF
A minorAm C majorC