Im So Lonesome I Could Cry Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	E
Capo:	no capo

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry chords
Hank Williams 1949 *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_So_Lonesome_I_Could_Cry
 
E  B7  E
 
E                 E7      E
Hear the lonesome whippoorwill
                         E7
He sounds too blue to fly
    A                 E
The midnight train is whining low
                B7      E
I'm so lonesome I could cry
 
  E            E7       E
I never seen a night so long
                          E7
When time goes crawling by
    A                E
The moon just went behind the clouds
            B7       E   E7
To hide its face and cry
 
E E7  A E  B7 E  E7
 
        E          E7    E
Did you ever see a robin weep
                         E7
When leaves began to die?
     A                E
Like me he's lost the will to live
                B7      E   E7
I'm so lonesome I could cry
 
E E7  A E  B7 E  E7
 
    E            E7      E
The silence of a falling star
                      E7
Lights up a purple sky
    A           E
And as I wonder where you are
                B7      E
I'm so lonesome I could cry
 
* Alternate:
 
Capo II
 
E  = D
E7 = D7
A  = G
B7 = A7
 
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Im So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams

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As for ultimate accuracy . . . this isn't orchestral music. Try feeling the music instead of picking it apart. Apply your own interpretation from your soul and it will sound just fine. :-)

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I LOVE THOSE ALTERNATE STYLES, VERY GOOD WORK AS USUAL PC!

This version most closely matches the original recording. The Acuff Rose / Hal Leonard songbook I have and other sources I've seen have it in C, which does not match the original recording.