High Lonesome Chords

KeyD# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

High Lonesome by Randy Travis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, D7, G7, A7 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
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D - D7 - G7 - D - A7 - D 
 
D 	   	   G 	      D 
High in a tree on top of the hill 
D 	  	     D7 	  	  A7 
By the light of the lonesome ol' moon  
D 	     	      G 
I hear the call of a lone whipporwill 
D 	     A7       D 
Singing his mournful tune 
 
D 	  	  	    G 	  	     D 
Way off in the night blows the long freight train 
D 	  	   D7 	     A7 
With a roar and a rUmble of wheels  
D 	  	  D7 	        G 
My poor heart is breaking with every refrain 
D 	  	   	   A7    D 
'cause it sounds just the way I feel 
 
D7 	    G    D 
And it's a high lonesome 
D 	       D7 	       A7 
High lonesome heartbroken and blue 
       G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
 
D - D7 - G7 - D - A7 - D 
 
D 	  	 D7    G 	        D 
Do you ever get weary roamin' around 
D 	  	     D7 	  	   A7 
Do you think of the sweet love we knew 
D 	  	 D7 	      G 
Do you ever get lonesome the way I am now 
D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
 
D7 	  G    D 
And it's high lonesome 
D 	       D7 	       A7 
High lonesome heartbroken and blue 
       G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
D7     G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you  
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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