Lonesome Town chords by Ricky Nelson

Chords with lyrics

From [email protected] Fri Apr 18 10:29:51 1997

   Lonesome Town
   B. Knight
   Recorded by Ricky Nelson, from the LP `Ricky Sings Again'.

   Note: Song is actually in `B'. Capo at the fourth fret and play in `G'
   as notated.

   Intro:

   G+G - E minorEm - C majorC - D MajorD (2x)

   Verse I:

   G+G           BB
   There's a place ...
     C majorC     D MajorD    G+G  E minorEm
   To cry their ...
   C majorC     C minorCm   G+G    E minorEm
   And they call it ...
   C majorC     D MajorD       G+G  D MajorD
   Where the broken ...

   Verse II:

   You can buy a ...
   To last you all ..
   And the only ...
   C majorC  D MajorD       G+G
   Is a heart ...

   Chorus/bridge:

   C majorC       B minorBm
   Goin' down to ...
   C majorC     D MajorD       G+G  E minorEm
   Where the broken ...
   C majorC   C minorCm   G+G    E minorEm
   Goin' down to ...
   C majorC     D MajorD    G+G  D MajorD
   To cry my ...

   Verse III:

   In the town of broken d...

   Coda:

   C majorC   C minorCm   G+G    E minorEm
   Maybe down in ...
   C majorC   D MajorD    G+G   C majorC (arpeggiate)
   I can learn ...
   G+G
   [Lonesome town]

   Ricky's answer to `Heartbreak Hotel' ...

   Tab/Chord interpretation by Craig Carlson
   Thanks to Andrew Rogers for the Cm.

   email with corrections etc:
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