I Know What It Means To Be Lonely Chords

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I Know What It Means To Be Lonely by Buck Owens is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			G                          D7 
I know what it means to be lonely 

                           G 
I know what it means to be blue 

                        C 
I know what it means to love someone 

    G       D7           G 
Someone who doesn’t love you 

  
                  D7 
I love I love you with all of my heart 

                          G 
No matter what you say or do 

                                  C 
And each night I pray that you’ll find a way 

   G           D7         G 
To love me the way I love you 

  
                           D7 
I know what it means to be lonely 

                           G 
I know what it means to be blue 

                        C 
I know what it means to love someone 

    G       D7           G 
Someone who doesn’t love you 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante