Chords for Chamberlain - Lonesome Song
Tempo:
127.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] Son [D] on the [A] hillside, the river [D] tells the train to ride [A] on.
Like they're racing that going south, [A] the main [D] drag knocks along.
[D] take their dresses for [A] a walk,
[D] down on the [A] courthouse lawn.
I walked long miles [D] up the edge side, [A] I guess I [D] always will.
[D] from the west side, [A] down behind [D] the hill.
[D] [A]
It's been a lonesome song of a day.
Like they're racing that going south, [A] the main [D] drag knocks along.
[D] take their dresses for [A] a walk,
[D] down on the [A] courthouse lawn.
I walked long miles [D] up the edge side, [A] I guess I [D] always will.
[D] from the west side, [A] down behind [D] the hill.
[D] [A]
It's been a lonesome song of a day.
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ Son [D] on the _ [A] hillside, _ the river [D] tells the train to ride [A] on. _
Like they're racing that going _ south, _ _ _ _ [A] _ the main [D] drag knocks along.
_ [A] _ Summer dames [D] take their dresses for [A] a walk, _
[D] down on the [A] courthouse lawn. _ _
_ I walked long miles [D] up the edge side, [A] I guess I [D] always will.
_ [A] Now the sun slides [D] from the west side, [A] down behind [D] the hill.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
It's been a lonesome song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ of a day.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ Now just [D] as soon dies the [A] moon, as I [D] try and dodge the thought of [A] you.
_ Every [D] day's a song, you're [A] the fool.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ It wasn't [D] so long ago, _ when you put me at a [A] door,
with nothing [D] but a suitcase [A] full of poems. _
[D] _ You said [A] I was _ sunlight [D] at _ midnight, [A] a poet with the sea [D] on my lips.
You _ [A] said my life dries [D] with the lonesome [A] light, a drip from my [D] fingertips.
It's been a [A] lonesome _ _ _ song _ of a _ day.
It's been a lonesome song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ of a _ [D] day.
_ It's been a _ [A] lonesome song _ _ _ of a day.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ The sun [E] comes up, and [D] I'm back down the stairs.
I was back home [A] for a _ _ _ song _ of a day.
_ Another lonesome _ song _ _ _ of a day. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ There's a book I've been meaning to write, _ about how my words are the proof [D] that I'm alive. _
Well it would take me ten [E] lifetimes, _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ until I lay down for good.
_ Gonna live [D] each day the way [A] I should, _ like it's the best song I've ever [A] heard. _
_ You said I was sunlight at midnight, a poet with the sea on my lips.
Now the sun slides on the west side, down behind the hills.
And it's a lonesome song _ _ _ _ of a day.
[D] _
_ _ Another _ lonesome _ _ song _ of a [D] day.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Like they're racing that going _ south, _ _ _ _ [A] _ the main [D] drag knocks along.
_ [A] _ Summer dames [D] take their dresses for [A] a walk, _
[D] down on the [A] courthouse lawn. _ _
_ I walked long miles [D] up the edge side, [A] I guess I [D] always will.
_ [A] Now the sun slides [D] from the west side, [A] down behind [D] the hill.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
It's been a lonesome song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ of a day.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ Now just [D] as soon dies the [A] moon, as I [D] try and dodge the thought of [A] you.
_ Every [D] day's a song, you're [A] the fool.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ It wasn't [D] so long ago, _ when you put me at a [A] door,
with nothing [D] but a suitcase [A] full of poems. _
[D] _ You said [A] I was _ sunlight [D] at _ midnight, [A] a poet with the sea [D] on my lips.
You _ [A] said my life dries [D] with the lonesome [A] light, a drip from my [D] fingertips.
It's been a [A] lonesome _ _ _ song _ of a _ day.
It's been a lonesome song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ of a _ [D] day.
_ It's been a _ [A] lonesome song _ _ _ of a day.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ The sun [E] comes up, and [D] I'm back down the stairs.
I was back home [A] for a _ _ _ song _ of a day.
_ Another lonesome _ song _ _ _ of a day. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ There's a book I've been meaning to write, _ about how my words are the proof [D] that I'm alive. _
Well it would take me ten [E] lifetimes, _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ until I lay down for good.
_ Gonna live [D] each day the way [A] I should, _ like it's the best song I've ever [A] heard. _
_ You said I was sunlight at midnight, a poet with the sea on my lips.
Now the sun slides on the west side, down behind the hills.
And it's a lonesome song _ _ _ _ of a day.
[D] _
_ _ Another _ lonesome _ _ song _ of a [D] day.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _