Chords for I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY by JOHNNY CASH 1960
Tempo:
100.9 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
G
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill, he sounds too blue to fly.
[Ab] The midnight train [Eb] is whining, I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Eb] could cry.
I've never seen a night so long when time was crawling by.
[Bbm] [Ab] The moon jumps [Eb] behind the cloud to hide its [Bb] face [Eb] and cry.
Did
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] you ever hear the rock when leaves begin to die?
[Ab] That means he's lost [Eb] the will to live.
I'm so lonesome [Bb] I [Eb] could cry.
[Cm] [Eb] The silence of a fallen star lights up a purple sky.
And [G] [Ab]
as I walk [Eb] where you walk, I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Ebm] could cry.
[Eb] [N]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb]
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill, he sounds too blue to fly.
[Ab] The midnight train [Eb] is whining, I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Eb] could cry.
I've never seen a night so long when time was crawling by.
[Bbm] [Ab] The moon jumps [Eb] behind the cloud to hide its [Bb] face [Eb] and cry.
Did
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb] you ever hear the rock when leaves begin to die?
[Ab] That means he's lost [Eb] the will to live.
I'm so lonesome [Bb] I [Eb] could cry.
[Cm] [Eb] The silence of a fallen star lights up a purple sky.
And [G] [Ab]
as I walk [Eb] where you walk, I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Ebm] could cry.
[Eb] [N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
G
Bbm
Eb
Bb
Ab
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hear that _ lonesome _ _ whippoorwill, he sounds too blue to fly.
_ _ _ [Ab] The _ midnight train [Eb] is whining, _ _ I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Eb] could cry.
_ _ _ I've never seen a night so long when time was crawling by.
_ _ _ [Bbm] [Ab] The moon jumps _ _ [Eb] behind the cloud to _ hide its [Bb] face [Eb] and cry.
_ _ _ Did
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ you ever hear the rock _ _ _ when _ leaves begin to die?
_ _ _ [Ab] That _ means he's lost [Eb] the will to _ live.
I'm so lonesome [Bb] I [Eb] could cry.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] The silence _ of a fallen star lights up a purple sky.
And [G] _ _ [Ab] _
as I walk _ [Eb] where _ you walk, I'm so _ [Bb] lonesome I _ [Ebm] could cry.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Hear that _ lonesome _ _ whippoorwill, he sounds too blue to fly.
_ _ _ [Ab] The _ midnight train [Eb] is whining, _ _ I'm so [Bb] lonesome I [Eb] could cry.
_ _ _ I've never seen a night so long when time was crawling by.
_ _ _ [Bbm] [Ab] The moon jumps _ _ [Eb] behind the cloud to _ hide its [Bb] face [Eb] and cry.
_ _ _ Did
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ you ever hear the rock _ _ _ when _ leaves begin to die?
_ _ _ [Ab] That _ means he's lost [Eb] the will to _ live.
I'm so lonesome [Bb] I [Eb] could cry.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Eb] The silence _ of a fallen star lights up a purple sky.
And [G] _ _ [Ab] _
as I walk _ [Eb] where _ you walk, I'm so _ [Bb] lonesome I _ [Ebm] could cry.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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