I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Chords
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Cowboy Junkies is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, F#m, Bm, Am7, D7, G, Gm and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
D F#m Bm D , D F#m Am7 D7
G Gm D Bm, D A7 D
Verso:
D F#m Bm D
Hear the lonesome whiperwill
D F#m Am7 D7
He sounds to blue to fly
G Gm D Bm
The midnight train is whining low
D A7 D
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Verso:
D F#m Bm D
I've never seen a night so long
D F#m Am7 D7
When time keeps crawling by
G Gm D Bm
The moon has gone behind the clouds
D A7 D
To hide his face and cry
BREAK:
D F#m Bm D , D F#m Am7 D7
G Gm D Bm, D A7 D
Verso:
D F#m Bm D
Have you ever seen a robin weep
D F#m Am7 D7
When leaves have turned to brown
G Gm D Bm
Like me he's lost his will to live
D A7 D
I'm so lonesome I could cry
BREAK:
D F#m Bm D , D F#m Am7 D7
G Gm D Bm, D A7 D
Verso:
D F#m Bm D
The silence of a falling star
D F#m Am7 D7
Lights up a purple haze
G Gm D Bm
And as I wonder where you are
D A7 D
I'm so lonesome I could cry