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Im So Lonesome I Could Cry

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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry:Roy Orbison.
Album - Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way -
on MGM Records in 1970.
INTRO:  F   Gm7   Bb   F   Dm   F   Bb   F  
#1.
Did you Bbhear that lonesome whippoorFwill?
He Bbsounds too blue to Fmfly.F  Bb  
The Ebmidnight train is Bbwinding Gm7low.
I'm so Bblonesome FI could Bbcry.
#2.
BbI've never seen a night so Flong..when Bbtime 
goes crawlin' Fmby?
BbThe Ebmoon just went beBbhind a Gm7cloud.
   Bb       F        Bb....G
To hide its face and cry.
#3.
Am7Did you Cever see a robin weep..Gwhen Cleaves 
begin to Gm7die?
That Fmeans he's lost the Cwill to Am7live.
And I'm so Clonesome GI could Ccry.Dm  G  
#4.
The Csilence of a fallGin' Cstar, lights up a 
purple Gm7sky.C  
And Fas I wonder Cwhere you Am7are, I'm so Clonesome 
GI could Ccry.Am7  
OUTRO:
I'm so Flonesome GI could Ccry.Am7  F  G  C  Am7  F  C  
A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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Im So Lonesome I Could Cry

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Gm7

Am7

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry:Roy Orbison.

Album - Hank Williams the Roy Orbison Way -

on MGM Records in 1970.

F Gm7 Bb F Dm F Bb F

INTRO:

#1.

Bb F

Did you hear that lonesome whippoorwill?

Bb Fm F Bb

He sounds too blue to fly.

Eb Bb Gm7

The midnight train is winding low.

Bb F Bb

I'm so lonesome I could cry.

#2.

Bb F Bb

I've never seen a night so long..when time

goes crawlin' by?

Bb Eb Bb Gm7

The moon just went behind a cloud.

Bb F Bb....G

To hide its face and cry.

#3.

Am7 C G C

Did you ever see a robin weep..when leaves

Gm7

begin to die?

F C Am7

That means he's lost the will to live.

C G C Dm G

And I'm so lonesome I could cry.

#4.

C G C

The silence of a fallin' star, lights up a

Gm7 C

purple sky.

F C Am7 C

And as I wonder where you are, I'm so lonesome

G C Am7

I could cry.

OUTRO:

F G C Am7 F G C Am7 F C

I'm so lonesome I could cry.

A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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