| Em | Am7 | Am7 | Am7 |
| Dm7 | G |
[Verse 1]
C G
Hear that lonesome whippoorwill
C G C
He sounds too blue to fly
F Dm C G
The midnight train is whining low
C G C
I'm so lonesome I could cry
[Verse 2]
Am C Em Am C
I've never seen a night so long
Em Gm7 C
When time goes crawling by (oohoohoohooh)
F Dm7 C Am
The moon just went, behind a cloud
C G C
To hide its face and cry
[Break]
| Em | Am7 | Em7 | Am7 |
| Dm7 | A#m/G# |
[Verse 3]
C#
Did you ever see a robin weep?
C#7
When leaves began to die (doodoodoodoo)
F# D#m C# A#m
That means he's lost the will to live
C# G# C# G#
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
[Verse 4]
C# Fm A#m C#
The silence of a fallin' star
Fm7 G#m7 C#
Lights up a purple sky.
F# D#m C# A#m
And as I won-der where you are
C# G# C# A#m
I'm so lonesome I could cry (doodoo)
[Outro]
D#m G# C# C#/F# D#m C#
I'm so lonesome - I - could - cry-y-y (doo..)
