Happy Or Lonesome Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays556

Happy Or Lonesome by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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A
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  			                 A                                                     D                         A 
    Come back to me in my dreaming, come back to me once more, 
                                                                E 
    come with the love light gleaming, as in the days of yore. 
                A                                                   D                              A 
    Come tell me that you still love me and that your heart is still true, 
                                                                        E                         A 
    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you. 

                  A                                    D                            A 
    Somewhere a heart is breaking, calling me back to you, 
                                                                         E 
    memories of loved ones are waiting, each happy home and you. 
     A                                                  D                             A 
    Absence makes my heart fonder, is it the same with you? 
                                                        E                                  A 
    Are you still happy, I wonder, or do you feel lonesome, too? 

( A D A E A ) 

         A                                D                     A 
    When the sun is sinking in the golden west, 
                                                E 
    and the birds and flowers they have gone to rest, 
               A                                                    D                               A 
    come tell me that you still love me, and that your heart is still true, 
                                                                        E                         A 
    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you. 

                  A                                    D                            A 
    Somewhere a heart is breaking, calling me back to you, 
                                                                         E 
    memories of loved ones are waiting, each happy home and you. 
     A                                                  D                             A 
    Absence makes my heart fonder, is it the same with you? 
                                                        E                                  A 
    Are you still happy, I wonder, or do you feel lonesome, too? 
    	

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