Lonesome Train Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays415

Lonesome Train by Johnny Burnette is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO - C 

     C                   C 
Lonesome train, on a lonesome track 

      C             C            G 
I'm going away, ain't coming back 

G          C               C  
I'm going somewhere, far from my baby 

C                  G          G         C 
On a lonesome train, on a lonesome track 



       C                 C 
Lonesome train, on a lonesome track 

       C              C             G 
Got all my troubles, in one big pack 

G             C           C 
My baby left me, so sad and lonely 

      C           G        G             C       
On a lonesome train, on a lonesome track 




SOLO - C - F - C - F PROGRESSION} 



      C                  C 
Lonesome train, on a lonesome track 

      C                      C          G 
My girl don't love me, and that's a fact 

G             C           C 
No use in livin', no use in dyin' 

      C           G         G           C         
On a lonesome train, on a lonesome track 



        C                     C 
On a lonesome train, on a lonesome track 

        C           C          G 
I want my baby, I want her back 

G                 C         C 
Don't want to go on, forever travelin' 

       C          G        G            C 
On a lonesome train, on a lonesome track 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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100 BPM Andante