Lonesome Tears Chords
by Buddy Holly
Lonesome Tears by Buddy Holly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, C#, F#, B and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Lonesome Tears:Buddy Holly (and the Crickets.)
Recorded in 1958.
#1.
E A
Lonesome tears..sad and blue.
C# A
I shed lonesome tears for you.
E F#
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you
B E A E B
said good-bye.
#2.
E A
When you left..and said I'm gone.
C# A
Lonesome tears fell all night long.
E F#
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you
B E A E E7
said good-bye.
Chorus:
A E
You left me here..all alone.
A E
Hear me callin'..won't you come back home?
A E
Love me like you did before,
F# B
now, need I, tell you more?
#3.
E A
Lonesome tears..sad and blue.
C# A
I shed lonesome tears for you.
E F#
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you
B E A E E7
said good-bye.
Chorus:
A E
You left me here..all alone.
A E
Hear me callin'..won't you come back home?
A E
Love me like you did before,
F# B
now, need I, tell you more?
#4.
E A
Lonesome tears..sad and blue.
C# A
I shed lonesome tears for you.
E F#
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you
B E A E B E
said good-bye.
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