Lonesome For You

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Larry Cordle and Larry Shell

Key of C · Chords: I II IV V vi

Verse 1

C
I can't say a train whistle makes me lonesome
F                                   C
I can't say a whippoorwill makes me blue
F
It takes more than the sound
C                      Am
Of a Greyhound leavin' town
D7                               G7
To break this poor boys heart in two

Verse 2

C
I can't say them old sad songs on the jukebox
F                                  C
Are causin' me to cry these bitter tears
F                             C         Am
The only time they do is when I get the blues
C                   G7           C
Or when I'm feeling lonesome for you

Verse 3

F
And I'm lonesome for you little darling
C
More lonesome than the high winds in the pines
F
I don't want somebody else taking care of
D7              G7
What used to be mine

Verse 4

C
There's an old hound dog on the hill behind the house
F                                  C
He set up sharp and howlin' at the moon
F
I can tell by his whinin'
C                          Am
That his heart been broken too
C                      G7           C
He's lonesome like I'm lonesome for you

Verse 3

F
And I'm lonesome for you little darling
C
More lonesome than the high winds in the pines
F
I don't want somebody else taking care of
D7              G7
What used to be mine

Verse 5

C
I can't say train the whistle makes me lonesome
F                                 C
I can't say whippoorwill makes me blue
F                        C              Am
The only time they do is when I get the blues
C                   G7           C
Or when I'm feeling lonesome for you

Verse 6

F                          C                 Am
Yeah the only time they do is when I get the blues
C                   G7           C
Or when I'm feelin' lonesome for you