I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Chords

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Dean Martin is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, C/B, Am7, Am7/G, Em, Gm7, C7, F, Fm, Am, G, G7 and G/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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 C        C/B      Am7   Am7/G 
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill 
    C         Em      Gm7   C7 
He sounds too blue to fly 
     F        Fm       C      Am 
The midnight train is whining low  
G       C      G7       C     G   Am7 G/B 
I'm so lonesome I could cry 
C        C/B      Am7   Am7/G 
I've never seen a night so long 
    C         Em      Gm7   C7 
When time goes crawling by 
     F        Fm       C      Am 
The moon just went behind a cloud 
G       C      G7       C     G   Am7 G/B 
I'm so lonesome I could cry 
C        C/B      Am7   Am7/G 
Did you ever see a Robin weep 
    C         Em      Gm7   C7 
When leaves begin to die 
     F        Fm       C      Am 
That means he's lost the will to live 
G       C      G7       C     G   Am7 G/B 
I'm so lonesome I could cry 
C        C/B      Am7   Am7/G 
The silence of a falling star 
    C         Em      Gm7   C7 
Lights up a purple sky 
     F        Fm       C      Am 
And as I wonder where you are 
G       C      G7       C     G   Am7 G/B 
I'm so lonesome I could cry 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante