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Lonesome Number One:Don Gibson.
#2 US Country and #59 on BB Hot
100 on RCA Records in 1961.
INTRO:  C   F   C   F  C  
CHORUS:
CLonesome number Fone, Cjust call me 
lonesome Gnumber one.
CAlthough no titles have I Fwon, I 
Csurely must be Glonesome number Cone.
#1.
CEvery love I've had has Gfaded like the dew.
CEvery one I wanted has Gwanted someone new.
CHeartaches hang around, they always Fcome.
I Csurely must be Glonesome number Cone.
CHORUS:
CLonesome number Fone, Cjust call me 
lonesome Gnumber one.
CAlthough no titles have I Fwon, I 
Csurely must be Glonesome number Cone.
INTERLUDE:  C   F   C   F  C  
#2.
CSeems I'm always losing, Glove just won't come 
near.
CJust when love gets close, it Galways disappears.
CSorrow always keeps me on the Frun.
I Csurely must be Glonesome number Cone.
CHORUS:
CLonesome number Fone, Cjust call me 
lonesome Gnumber one.
CAlthough no titles have I Fwon, I 
Csurely must be Glonesome number Cone.
OUTRO:
GSurely must be lonesome number Cone.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Lonesome Number One

by Don Gibson

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Lonesome Number One:Don Gibson.

#2 US Country and #59 on BB Hot

100 on RCA Records in 1961.

C F C F C

INTRO:

CHORUS:

C F C

Lonesome number one, just call me

lonesome number one.

C F

Although no titles have I won, I

C G C

surely must be lonesome number one.

#1.

C G

Every love I've had has faded like the dew.

C G

Every one I wanted has wanted someone new.

C F

Heartaches hang around, they always come.

C G C

I surely must be lonesome number one.

CHORUS:

C F C

Lonesome number one, just call me

lonesome number one.

C F

Although no titles have I won, I

C G C

surely must be lonesome number one.

C F C F C

INTERLUDE:

#2.

C G

Seems I'm always losing, love just won't come

near.

C G

Just when love gets close, it always disappears.

C F

Sorrow always keeps me on the run.

C G C

I surely must be lonesome number one.

CHORUS:

C F C

Lonesome number one, just call me

lonesome number one.

C F

Although no titles have I won, I

C G C

surely must be lonesome number one.

OUTRO:

G C

Surely must be lonesome number one.

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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