I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry 3/4 Johnny Cash/Lyle Lovett Hank Williams
Standard Tuning No Capo Transcribed by Ken Lee
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Intro: Last Line Instrumental
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Hear that / lonesome / Whipoor — / will,
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He / sounds too / blue to / fly, /
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The / midnight / train is / whinin’ / low,
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I’m so / lonesome / I could / cry. /
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I’ve / never / seen a / night so / long,
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When / time goes / crawlin’ / by, /
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The / moon just / went be — / hind a / cloud,
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To / hide it’s / face and / cry. /
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Did you / ever / see a / robin / weep,
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When / leaves be — / gin to / die, /
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That / means he’s / lost the / will to / live
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I’m so / lonesome / I could / cry. /
Break: One Verse Instrumental
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The / silence / of a / fallin’ / star,
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Lights / up a / purple / sky, /, and
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As I / wonder / where you / are,
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I’m so / lonesome / I could cr — / y. (Harmonizing)
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I’m so / lonesome / I could / cry.