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Lonesome Town by Ricky Nelson

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From ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com 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 - Em - C - D (2x)
     
     Verse I:
     
      G                     B
     There's a place ...
         C         D        G    Em
     To cry their ...
     C         Cm      G        Em
     And they call it ...
      C         D             G    D
     Where the broken ...

Verse II:
     
     You can buy a ...
     To last you all ..
     And the only ...
      C    D             G
     Is a heart ...
     
     Chorus/bridge:
     
      C             Bm
     Goin' down to ...
      C         D             G    Em
     Where the broken ...
      C     Cm      G        Em
     Goin' down to ...
      C         D        G   D
     To cry my ...
     
     Verse III:
     
     In the town of broken d...
     
     Coda:
     
      C     Cm      G        Em
     Maybe down in ...
      C     D        G     C (arpeggiate)
     I can learn ...
      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:
     ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com