The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #128643   Message #2898949
Posted By: GUEST,Kerry
02-May-10 - 11:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Whippoorwill (various songs)
Subject: Lyr Add: I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY (H Williams)
Hey try this.

Words & Music by Hank Williams
Recorded by Hank Williams, 1949
Also recorded by B.J. Thomas, 1966 (#8)


C       C/B      Am7   Am7/G
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill;

    C         Em      Gm7   C7
He sounds too blue to fly..

    F       Fm       C      Am
The midnight train is whining low

G       C      G7       C    G   Am7   G/B
I'm so lonesome I could cry.


I've never seen a night so long,
When time goes crawling by;
The moon just went behind a cloud;
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Did you ever see a Robin weep
When leaves begin to die?
That means he's lost the will to live;
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

The silence of a falling star
Lights up a purple sky;
And as I wonder where you are,
I'm so lonesome I could cry.