Johnny Cash – Im So Lonesome I Could Cry (Ukulele)

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[Intro] C G7 C [Verse 1]
C                  Am        C
Hear that lonesome Whipoor - will,

   C          Am       C     C7
He sounds too blue to fly,  

    F                 Am      C
The midnight train is whinin' low,

       C        G7      C     

[Verse 2]
[tab]     C            Am       C
I've never seen a night so long,

     C         Am       C     C7
When time goes crawlin' by,  

    F                     Am     C
The moon just went be -   hind a cloud,

   C         G7        C     
To hide it's face and  cry.  
[Verse 3]
        C           Am    C
Did you ever see a  robin weep,

     C           Am     C      C7
When leaves be - gin to die,  

     F                   Am      C
That means he's lost the will to live

       C        G7      C     
I'm so lonesome I could cry.  
[Instrumental] C Am C C Am C C7 F Am C C G7 C [Verse 4]
    C            Am      C
The silence of a fallin' star,

       C    Am     C    C7
Lights up a purple sky, and

F           Am        C
As I wonder where you are,

       C        G7           C
I'm so lonesome I could cr - y. (Harmonizing)

       C        G7      C
I'm so lonesome I could cry.