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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:
G B
There's a place where lovers go
C D G Em
To cry their troubles away
C Cm G Em
And they call it Lonesome Town
C D G D
Where the broken hearts stay [Lonesome town]
Verse II:
You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you pay
C D G
Is a heart full of tears
Chorus/bridge:
C Bm
Goin' down to lonesome town
C D G Em
Where the broken hearts stay
C Cm G Em
Goin' down to lonesome town
C D G D
To cry my troubles away
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:
C Cm G Em
Maybe down in lonesome town
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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