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I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Johnny Cash
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 Last Line Instrumental
Hear  that / lonesome / Whipoor -  / will,
 He / sounds  too / blue to  / fly, /
 The / midnight  / train is / whinin'  / low,
 I'm so / lonesome  / I could  / cry. /
 I've / never  / seen a / night  so / long,
 When / time  goes / crawlin'  / by, /
 The / moon  just / went be - / hind a / cloud,
 To / hide  it's / face  and / cry.  /
Did  you / ever / see a / robin /  weep,
 When / leaves  be - / gin to /  die, /
 That / means  he's / lost the / will to / live
 I'm so / lonesome  / I could  / cry. /
 One Verse Instrumental
 The / silence  / of a / fallin'  / star,
 Lights / up a  / purple  / sky,  /, and
As  I / wonder / where  you / are,
 I'm so / lonesome  / I could  cr - / y. (Harmonizing)
 I'm so / lonesome  / I could  / cry.

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Readable chord sheet for I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry by Johnny Cash

Last Line Instrumental

[C]Hear that / lonesome / Whipoor -[Am] / will,      [C]
He / so[C]unds too / blue to[Am] / fly, / [C]       [C7]
The / mi[F]dnight / train is / whinin'[Am] / low,   [C]
I'm so / lon[C]esome / I could[G7] / cry. /  [C]

I've / [C]never / seen a / night[Am] so / long, [C]
When / time[C] goes / crawlin'[Am] / by, /   [C]         [C7]
The / mo[F]on just / went be - / hind a / cl[Am]oud,    [C]
To / hi[C]de it's / fa[G7]ce and  / cry.[C] /

[C]Did you / ever / see a  / robin /[Am] weep, [C]
When / leave[C]s be - / gin to /[Am] die, / [C]        [C7]
That / mea[F]ns he's / lost the / will to / l[Am]ive      [C]
I'm so / lon[C]esome / I could[G7] / cry. /  [C]

One Verse Instrumental

The / si[C]lence / of a / fallin[Am]' / st[C]ar,
Lights / up [C]a / purp[Am]le / sky,[C] /, and[C7]
[F]As I / wonder / where[Am] you / are,    [C]
I'm so / lon[C]esome / I could[G7] cr - / y. (Harm[C]onizing)
I'm so / lon[C]esome / I could[G7] / cry.    [C]

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