I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry

Hank Williams

Key of E · Chords: I IV V iv

Verse 1

     E    EM7      E6          EM7
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
   E      EM7 E7
He sounds too blue to fly
    A        Am    Am6 E      E6
The midnight train is whining low
       E        B7 E    E6
I’m so lonesome I could cry

Verse 2

     E     EM7  E6 EM7
I’ve never seen a night so long
     E    EM7  E7
When time goes crawling by
    A    Am   E           E6
The moon just went behind the clouds
   E    B7       E   E6
To hide its face and cry

Verse 3

        E    EM7 E6 EM7
Did you ever see a robin weep
     E      EM7   E7
When leaves begin to die
     A      Am   E        E6
That mean’s he’s lost his will to live
       E        B7 E    E6
I’m so lonesome I could cry

Verse 4

    E       EM7 E6 EM7
The silence of a falling star
       E  EM7 E7
Lights up a purple sky
    A  Am Am6   E     E6
And as I wonder where you are
       E        B7 E    E6
I’m so lonesome I could cry