Lonesome Town Ricky Nelson
From ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com Fri Apr 18 10:29:51 1997
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 16:32:41 -0500
From: ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com
To: guitar@olga.net, acoustic@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Lonesome Town - Ricky Nelson
Lonesome Town
B. Knight
Recorded by Ricky Nelson, from the LP `Ricky Sings Again'.
Note: Song is actually in `B'. Capo at the fourth fret and play in `G'
as notated.
Intro:
G - Em - C - D (2x)
Verse I:
T[G]here's a place where l[B]overs go
To c[C]ry their t[D]roubles a[G]way[Em]
[C]And they c[Cm]all it L[G]onesome T[Em]own
W[C]here the b[D]roken hearts s[G]tay ([D]Lonesome town)
Verse II:
You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you pay
I[C]s a h[D]eart full of t[G]ears
Chorus/bridge:
G[C]oin' down to l[Bm]onesome town
W[C]here the b[D]roken hearts s[G]tay[Em]
G[C]oin' d[Cm]own to l[G]onesome t[Em]own
T[C]o cry my t[D]roubles a[G]way[D]
Verse III:
In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in lonesome town
I can learn to forget
Coda:
M[C]aybe d[Cm]own in l[G]onesome t[Em]own
C D G C (arpeggiate)
I can learn to forget
([G]Lonesome town)
Ricky's answer to `Heartbreak Hotel' with a healthy dash of The
Fleetwood's `Mr. Blue' thrown in.
Tab/Chord interpretation by Craig Carlson
Thanks to Andrew Rogers for the Cm.
email with corrections etc:
ccarlson@valsmtp.riag.com
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