Key: C
Introduction:
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
C Em Gm7 C7
He sounds too blue to fly
F Fm C Am
The midnight train is whining low
G C G7 C G Am7 G/B
I'm so lonesome I could cry
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
I've never seen a night so long
C Em Gm7 C7
When time goes crawling by
F Fm C Am
The moon just went behind a cloud
G C G7 C G Am7 G/B
I'm so lonesome I could cry
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
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
G C G7 C G Am7 G/B
I'm so lonesome I could cry
C C/B Am7 Am7/G
The silence of a falling star
C Em Gm7 C7
Lights up a purple sky
F Fm C Am
And as I wonder where you are
G C G7 C G
I'm so lonesome I could cry
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