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Chords forms used in this song
e a d g b e
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E 0 2 2 1 0 0
EM7 0 2 2 4 4 4
E6 0 2 2 1 2 0
E7 0 2 2 1 3 0
A x 0 2 2 2 0
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
Am6 x 0 2 2 1 2
B7 x 2 1 2 0 2
[Intro]
E / / EM7 / / E / / E / /
[Verse 1]
E EM7 E6 EM7
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
E EM7 E7
He sounds too blue to fly
A Am Am6 E E6
The midnight train is whining low
E B7 E E6
I'm so lonesome I could cry
[Verse 2]
E EM7 E6 EM7
I've never seen a night so long
E EM7 E7
When time goes crawling by
A Am E E6
The moon just went behind the clouds
E B7 E E6
To hide its face and cry
[Interlude 1]
E / / E / / E / / E / /
E / / E / / E7 / / E7 / /
A / / A / / E / / E / ./
E / / B7 / / E / / E6 / /
[Verse 3]
E EM7 E6 EM7
Did you ever see a robin weep
E EM7 E7
When leaves begin to die?
A Am E E6
Like me, he's lost the will to live
E B7 E E6
I'm so lonesome I could cry
[Interlude 2]
E / / E / / E / / E / /
E / / E / / E / / E7 / /
A / / A / / E / / E6 / ./
E / / B7 / / E / / E6 / /
[Verse 4]
E EM7 E6 EM7
The silence of a falling star
E EM7 E7
Lights up a purple sky
A Am Am6 E E6
And as I wonder where you are
E B7 E E6 E E
I'm so lonesome I could cry