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Lonely Town

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C#minor

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Riff]
e|--7-----------|--7-------------------| 
B|--------7-9---|--------7-9-7-9-7-----| 
G|-----9--------|-----9------------9---| 
D|--------------|----------------------| 
A|--------------|----------------------| 
E|--------------|----------------------|
[Intro]
Em  Em/G
[Riff]
E  A  C#m  F#m
[Verse]
I Ewalk by your Aroom
I C#msometimes wander F#munderneath the Emoon
And I Ccry for you
I Eeat out every Anight
My C#mdirty clothes just F#mpile up on the Efloor
'Cause I Cfeel so blue.
[Instrumental]
C#m  C  E
[Chorus]
And I think that you'd Aunderstand
This G#mtown
Is a Alonely place when the Bsun
Goes Edown.
[Riff]
E  A  C#m  F#m
[Verse]
EDrink vats of Abeer
But I C#mguess I drank a F#mlot when you were Ehere
But it's Cnot the same
on Ethe floorA  
And C#mcan't get up when F#mthe alarm goes Eoff
And I Ccall your name.
[Instrumental]
C#m  C  E
[Chorus]
And I think that you'd Aunderstand
This G#mtown
Is a Alonely place when the Bsun
Goes Edown.
[Riff]
E  A  C#m  F#m

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Lonely Town

by Guided by Voices

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em/G

C#m

F#m

G#m

[Riff]

e|--7-----------|--7-------------------|

B|--------7-9---|--------7-9-7-9-7-----|

G|-----9--------|-----9------------9---|

D|--------------|----------------------|

A|--------------|----------------------|

E|--------------|----------------------|

[Intro]

Em Em/G

[Riff]

E A C#m F#m

[Verse]

E A

I walk by your room

C#m F#m E

I sometimes wander underneath the moon

And I cry for you

E A

I eat out every night

C#m F#m E

My dirty clothes just pile up on the floor

'Cause I feel so blue.

[Instrumental]

C#m C E

[Chorus]

And I think that you'd understand

G#m

This town

A B

Is a lonely place when the sun

Goes down.

[Riff]

E A C#m F#m

[Verse]

E A

Drink vats of beer

C#m F#m E

But I guess I drank a lot when you were here

But it's not the same

E A

on the floor

C#m F#m E

And can't get up when the alarm goes off

And I call your name.

[Instrumental]

C#m C E

[Chorus]

And I think that you'd understand

G#m

This town

A B

Is a lonely place when the sun

Goes down.

[Riff]

E A C#m F#m

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