The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays449

The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me by Roger Miller is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, C, C/G, C/E, C/B, D and G/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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Intro: G   C C/G C/E C/B 

 
     G             C 
The last word in lonesome is me 
    D                C       G 
The last word in lonesome is me 
   G/B                      C     C/G   C/E   C/B 
My heart is as lonely as a heart   can    be   lonely 
    D                        G       G-G/B-D 
The last word in lonesome is me 

G                          C 
Too bad what's happened to our good love 
D                          C         G 
Too bad what's happened to our good love 
  G/B                      C         C/B 
Sometimes our best isn't quite good enough 
        D                        G 
And the last word in lonesome is me 

 
G                     C 
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst 
D                     C             G 
Life is a desert and love quenches thirst 
    G/B                        C         C/B 
We all have to hurt sometime this is my first time 
    D                        G 
The last word in lonesome is me 

     G             C 
The last word in lonesome is me 
    D                C       G 
The last word in lonesome is me 
   G/B                      C     C/G   C/E   C/B 
My heart is as lonely as a heart   can    be   lonely 
    D                        G       G-G/B-D 
The last word in lonesome is 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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante