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1/2 step down from standard tuning.

A:-02220
E:022100
D:--0232

the song has an alternating bass line, where applicable, and walks up the bass where i've got the slashes.


A E A
/E /F# /G#

 A
hear that lonesome whipporwill
			   /A /B /C#
he sounds too blue to fly.
    D		      A
the midnight train is riding low.
		E	A    /E /F# /G#
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

      A
I've never seen a night so long,
			    /A /B /C#
when time goes crawling by.
    D		     A
the moon just went behind the clouds
	     E	     A    (A:--2-2s4--3--2--0--)
to hide its face and die.

A
/A /B /C#
D A E A
/E /F# /G#

	A
did you ever see a robin weep
			  /A /B /C#
when leaves begin to die?
     D			 A
that means he's lost the will to live.
		E	A    /E /F# /G#
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

    A
the sign has come, a falling star.
			 /A /B /C#
like love, a purple sky.
	 D	     A
they'll never wonder where you are.
		E	A    /E /F# /G#
I'm so lonesome I could cry.

	A	E	A
I'm so lonesome I could cry.