Bing Crosby – You Dont Know What Lonesome Is Till You Get To Herdin Cows (Guitar)

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[Intro] D F#m Bm A
    Dm7  E7  D
All Alone
[Verse]
D                 D7
When the hoot owl toots his "tooloo",

G                          D
To the wail of the nipwick hen,

D                           Bm
And the "chingfung" chirps in the chilly night,

E7                   A7
It's mighty lonesome then,

D                        D7
And it's mighty lonesome when the wind

G              D
Howls thru the Jack pine boughs,

D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is

Bm
Till you git to herding cows.
D F#m Bm A
Dm7 E7 A7 D
All alone

D                D7
Oh, the ordinary fella,

G                      D
Gits off on a Saturday night,

D                       Bm
And he gits a chance to see his pals,

E7                       A
Which ain't no more than right

D                          D7
But when the saddle is your life,

G                  D
There's no time to carouse,

D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is

Bm
Till you git to herding cows.
D F#m Bm A
Dm7 E7 A7 D
By myself

D                     D7
Now the keeper of the lighthouse

G                    D
And the sailorman at sea,

D                       Bm
And the lookout on the mountain top

E7                   D7
Ain't got a thing on me,

G                    D
'Cause I got all the lonesomeness
The common law allows,
D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is

Bm
Till you git to herding cows.
D F#m Bm A
Dm7 E7 A7 D
Cowboy blue

D                 D7
Now you may often wonder

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Why a cowpoke sings so sad

D
He's thinking of the many things

Bm
In life he's never had

E7                 D7
No pal, no gal for company,

G                       D
Just the cattle as they browse

D
Man, you don't know what lonesome is

Bm
Till you git to herding cows.
D F#m Bm A
Dm7 E7 A7 D
By myself

Dm7 E7 A7 D
All alone

Dm7 E7 A7 D
By myself

Dm7 E7 A7 D
Cowboy blue