Oh Lonesome Me Chords

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Oh, Lonesome Me
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
 
Richard Blackwell (rdb2010@shaw.ca)
 
I found a rendition of “Oh, Lonesome Me” by Neil Young on YouTube.  I capoed up
four and tried playing along for a while.  This is what came out.
 
Neil seems to like to pull-off/hammer-on notes in his chords (e.g., in this piece
the E (middle finger) in his open C chords, the A (again, middle finger) in his
open F chords).  Those oh-so-Neil-like embellishments are not reflected here.
 
Standard tuning
Capo on 4
 
Intro: C      F       C       F
 
C           F             C            F
Everybody's going out and having fun.
C              F                C             F
I'm a fool for staying home and having none.
  C              C7             F      Fm
I can't get over how she set me free.
Bb  F            C
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
 
C                           F                C              F
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
C                F          C              F
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
     C               C7              F   Fm
I've thought of everything from A to Z,
Bb  F            C
Oh, oh, lonesome me.
 
  Dm                 G          Em            A7
I bet she's not like me.  She's out and fancy free
F                                   C
flirtin’ with the boys with all her charms.
    Dm               G      Em                A7
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
    F                 G               C
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.
 
C                           F                C              F
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
C                F          C              F
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
  C              C7             F      Fm
I can't get over how she set me free.
Bb  F            C
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
 
C      F       C       F
Am  C
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No, you are wrong. I'm quite familiar with Young's version, and there are a number of incorrect chords, I can see just by looking at it. I'm not going to re-do the entire song, but here are just some of the wrong ones I see off the top of my head (correct chords in brackets): C C7[Bb/D bass] F Fm I've thought of everything from A to Z, Bb F C Oh, oh, lonesome me. Dm[Dm7] G Em[Em7] A7 I bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free F[Dm7] [F] C flirtin? with the boys with all her charms. Dm[Dm7] G Em[Em7] A7 But I still love her so and brother don't you know F[Dm7] G[D7] C[G/descending bass] I'd welcome her right back here in my arms. The last line is especially egregious. There are probably more mistakes, but I didn't go over the entire song.

C9 is better instead of C7 Thanks for the tab though

the book says F#m F# B I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.