Lonesome Day Chords
Lonesome Day by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords C(9), C, G, Em, D, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C(9)
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C G | 8x
C G C G
Baby once I thought I knew
C G C G
Everything I needed to know about you
C G C G
Your sweet whisper, your tender touch
C G C G
But I didn't really know that much
Em D C
Joke's on me, it's gonna be okay
C G | C G
If I can just get through this lonesome day
C G | C G
Lonesome day
Hell's brewing, dark sun's on the rise
This storm will blow through, by and by
House is on fire, vipers in the grass
Little revenge and this too shall pass
This too shall pass, darling
Yeah I'm gonna pray
Right now all I got's this lonesome day
Lonesome Day
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em
It's alright, it's alright
| F | F | F | F |
| Am | G | F | F | D | D | D | D
Better ask questions before you shoot
Deceit and betrayal's a bitter fruit
It's hard to swallow, come time to pay
That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away
Let kingdom come, I'm gonna find my way
C G | C G
Yeah, through this lonesome day
C G | C G
Lonesome day
C G | C G
Lonesome day
C G | C G
Lonesome day
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
Em D G C | C G | C G
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah
C G | C G
Lonesome day
C G | C G
Lonesome day
C G | C G | Em | D | G | C
Lonesome day