I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams version
Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash, BJ Thomas, LeAnn Rimes, Dean Martin, Marty Robbins

Midi 1(E108)    Midi 2(E116)    Midi 3(Bb120)
Play in F# or G (Per Charlie McCoy)
For diatonic harmonica



                                                                                              
 

Verse 1:
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Hear that lonesome Whipperwill, he sounds to blue to fly.
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The midnight train is whining low. I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Verse 2:
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I've never seen a night so long, when time goes crawling by.
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The moon just went behind the clouds, t  o hide his face an  d cry.

Instrumental here (time of one verse)

Verse 3:

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Did you ever see a Robin weep, when leaves begin to die?
 -7    7     7    7   7   -8  -7  -4    -7  7  -8  -7  -6  -6   6
That means he's lost the will to live. I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Instrumental here (time of one verse)

Verse 4:
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The silence of a falling star lights up a purple sky.
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And as I wonder where you are, I  'm so lonesome I could cry. (fade out)

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Hank Williams                                                                               Elvis Presley (excellent job!)

    
Terry Bradshaw - good job!                                                                   Dean Martin

 

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