I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays384

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Johnny Cash is a guitar song. 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,OUTRO: 
e--0-1-3--0---0------0----| 
B-----------3---3-1----3-1| 
 
 
  SOLO: 
e-------------------------------------|--3-3-3-1-1| 
B--1--0h1-1----1--0h1----1--0h1-1--0-1|--0-0-0-0-0| 
G--0---------0--------0--0------------|--0-0-0-0-0| 
 
e--------------------|-------------------------| 
B--0-1--1-1--3-3--0--|--0-1-3--0---0------0----| 
G--0-0-------0------0|-----------2---2-0----2-0| 
 
 
 
Johnny Cash has recorded various versions of this song. 
I'm not sure which version was requested, but here's one of 
his versions. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante