High Lonesome

Randy Travis

Written by Gretchen Peters

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                 F          C
High in a tree on top of the hill
G7
By the light of the lonesome ol' moon
C                         F
I hear the call of a lone whippoorwill
C           G7       G7 C
Singing his mournful tune

Verse 2

C                    F                      C
Way off in the night blows the long freight train
G7
With a roar and a rumble of wheels
C                                    F
My poor heart is breaking with every refrain
C                        G7    C
Cause it sounds just the way I feel

Verse 3

F                C
And it's a hi-gh lonesome
G7
High lonesome heartbroken and blue
C      F     F C
It's a hi-gh lonesome
C              G7               C
Little darling I'm lonesome for you

Verse 4

F                               C
Do you ever get weary a-roamin’ around
G7
Do you think of the sweet love we knew
C                                     F
Do you ever get lonesome the way I am now
C              G7               C
Little darling I'm lonesome for you

Verse 3

F                C
And it's a hi-gh lonesome
G7
High lonesome heartbroken and blue
C      F     F C
It's a hi-gh lonesome
C              G7               C
Little darling I'm lonesome for you

Verse 5

F      C     F
It's a hi-gh lonesome
C              G7               C
Little darling I'm lonesome for you