Blue And Lonesome Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays440

Blue And Lonesome by Little Walter is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and G#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: D  G  D  A 

Verso 1 
      D              G               D 
I'm blue and lonesome as a man can be 
      G                                  D 
I'm blue and lonesome ooh as a man can be 
         A                        G# G 
I don't have headaches over myself 
                        D 
My love has gone away from me 

Verso 2 
        D   G 
Baby, please 
                           D 
Baby, please come back to me 
        G                     D 
Baby, please come on home to me 
         A                     G# G 
Yes, my heart is full of misery 
                     D 
Baby, you won't be sweet to me 

Solo D  G  D  G  D  

Verso 3 
           D               G 
I'm gonna cast myself off 
                         D 
Down in the deep blue sea 
                G 
I'm gonna cast myself off, yeah 
                       D 
Down in the deep blue sea 
            A                  G# G 
Where the whales and the fishes 
                  D 
Have a fuss over me 
    	

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