I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry chords by Yo La Tengo

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD

Verses:
     G+G    B minorBm    E minorEm   D MajorD
Did you hear that lonesome whippoorwill
  G+G     B minorBm   FF  G+G
He sounds too blue to fly
   C majorC    C minorCm  G+G    E minorEm
That midnight train rides alone
    G+G    D MajorD    C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G
I'm so lonesome I could cry...

    G+G  B minorBm  E minorEm    D MajorD
Did you ever see a night so long
   G+G     B minorBm    FF  G+G
When time goes crawling by
  C majorC     C minorCm   G+G    E minorEm
The moon just went behind the cloud
    G+G    D MajorD    C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G
I'm so lonesome I could cry...

Solo:*
G+G B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD
G+G B minorBm FF  G+G
C majorC C minorCm G+G  E minorEm
G+G D MajorD  C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G

Verses:
    G+G  B minorBm  E minorEm  D MajorD
Did you ever see a robin weep
   G+G   B minorBm    FF   G+G
When leaves begin to die?
  C majorC     C minorCm    G+G    E minorEm
It means he's lost the will to live
    G+G    D MajorD    C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G
I'm so lonesome I could cry...

  G+G    B minorBm  E minorEm   D MajorD
The silence of the falling stars
    G+G  B minorBm   FF   G+G
Lights up a purple sky
  C majorC  C minorCm   G+G     E minorEm
And as I wonder where you are
    G+G    D MajorD    C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G
I'm so lonesome I could cry...

  C majorC  C minorCm   G+G     E minorEm
And as I wonder where you are
    G+G    D MajorD    C minorCm  G+G
I'm so lonesome I could cry...

N.C. End

 *Solo:
 G+G    B minorBm  E minorEm  D MajorD G+G   B minorBm  FF  G+G   C majorC     C minorCm  G+G    E minorEm    G+G     D MajorD   C minorCm B minorBm A minorAm C minorCm G+G
e|-------------------------------------------------3-8-12-11-11s10-10-10s3--3-5h7-10-10-6s5-3--|
BB|-8s12-12-12--8s12-8----8s12-12-8s6--6s5----3h5-----------------------------------------------| ..Funky riff
G+G|--------------------7--------------------5---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

N.C.
This is a great cover of a classic song, by one of my fav bands! This tab is a simplified version: there are
some minor 7s instead of plain minor chords in the recording, but they aren't necessary.


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