Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (alt) guitar chord

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Performed by: Hank Williams

(Alternate chording from original)

3/4 time

INTRO: INSTRUMENTAL

C C G7 C

I'm so lonesome I could cry

VERSE ONE / VOCALS

C Em Am C

Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will

C Em Gm7 C7

He sounds to blue to fly

F Fm C Am

The midnight train is whining low

C G7 C

I’m so lonesome I could cry.

VERSE TWO / VOCALS

C Em Am C

I've never seen a night so long

C Em Gm7 C7

When time goes crawlin’ by

F Fm C Am

The moon just went be-hind the clouds

C G7 C

To hide it’s face and cry

VERSE THREE / VOCALS

C Em Am C

Did you ever see a robin weep

C Em Gm7 C7

When leaves begin to die?

F Fm C Am

That means he’s lost the will to live

C G7 C

I'm so lonesome I could cry.

INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY OVER VERSE ONE BELOW

INSTRUMENTAL : VERSE ONE

C Em Am C

Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will

C Em Gm7 C7

He sounds to blue to fly

F Fm C Am

The midnight train is whinin’ low

C G7 C

I’m so lonesome I could cry.

VERSE FOUR / VOCALS

C Em Am C

The slience of a falling star

C Em Gm7 C7

Lights up a purple sky

F Fm C Am

and as I wonder where you are

C G7 C

I'm so lonesome I could cry

TAGG

C G7 C

and, I'm so lonesome I could cry

NOTE: The spelling of whip-poor-will

comes from the original pages of Hank.

So,you can spell it however you want..nemo