Lonely Ol' Night Chords

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Lonely Ol' Night by John Mellencamp is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, C and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D                         G                       D 
She calls me up and says "Baby, it's a lonely ol' night" 
D                         G                     D 
I don't know, I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same time 
G                     C                   G 
Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way 
      C 
No no no no no 
D                      G                      D 
I guess they knew we'd work it out in our own way 

C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
C            G 
Can I put my arms around you? 
C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
D               G                      D 
Custom made for two lonely people like me and you 
D             G                    D 
Radio playing softly some singer's sad, sad song 
D                                G 
He's singin about stanin' in the shadows of love 
                 D 
I guess he feels awfully alone 
G                C               G 
She says "I know exactly what he means 
          C 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah" 
D                    G                                   D 
And it's a sad, sad, feelin' when you're livin' on those in betweens, 

C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
C            G 
Can I put my arms around you? 
C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
D               G               D 
Custom made for two people like me and you 

D                  G                   D 
She calls me baby, She calls everybody baby 
D                 G                     D 
It's a lonely ol' night, but ain't they all? 

C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
C            G 
Can I put my arms around you? 
C                 G 
It's a lonely ol' night 
D               G               D 
Custom made for two people like me and you 

D         Dm   D 
Yeah like me and you 
D         Dm   D 
Yeah like me and you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante