Transcript G | D | C

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams (1949)
C major
1
C
Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will
C7
He sounds too blue to fly.
F
C
The midnight train is whining low,
G7
C
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
C major
2
C
I've never seen a night so long
C7
When time goes crawling by.
F
C
The moon just went behind a cloud
G7
C
To hide its face and cry
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
C major
3
C
Did you ever see a robin weep,
C7
When leaves began to die?
F
C
That means he's lost the will to live,
G7
C
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
C major
FINAL
C
The silence of a falling star
C7
Lights up a purple sky.
F
C
And as I wonder where you are
G7
C
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams (1949)
E major (Hank’s key)
1
E
Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will
E7
He sounds too blue to fly.
A
E
The midnight train is whining low,
B7
E
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
E major (Hank’s key)
2
E
I've never seen a night so long
E7
When time goes crawling by.
A
E
The moon just went behind a cloud
B7
E
To hide its face and cry
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
E major (Hank’s key)
3
E
Did you ever see a robin weep,
E7
When leaves began to die?
A
E
That means he's lost the will to live,
B7
E
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
E major (Hank’s key)
FINAL
E
The silence of a falling star
E7
Lights up a purple sky.
A
E
And as I wonder where you are
B7
E
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams (1949)
F major
1
F
Hear that lonesome whip poor will
F7
He sounds too blue to fly.
Bb
F
The midnight train is whining low,
C7
F
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
F major
2
F
I've never seen a night so long
F7
When time goes crawling by.
Bb
F
The moon just went behind a cloud
C7
F
To hide its face and cry
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
F major
3
F
Did you ever see a robin weep,
F7
When leaves began to die?
Bb
F
That means he's lost the will to live,
C7
F
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
F major
FINAL
F
The silence of a falling star
F7
Lights up a purple sky.
Bb
F
And as I wonder where you are
C7
F
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome: verse with colour (alt.1):
| F
| Fmaj7
| F6
| Fmaj7 |
| F
| Fmaj7
| F7
|
|
4
G
3
C
1
1
F
2
E
1
A
1
1
2
3
4
5th fret
I’m So Lonesome: verse with colour (alt.2a):
| F
| Fmaj7
| F6
| Fmaj7 |
| F
| Fmaj7
| F7
|
|
4
G
3
C
F
2
E
1
A
4
G
1
2
2
Fmaj7
3
C
2
E
1
A
I’m So Lonesome: verse with colour (alt.2b):
| F
| Fmaj7
| F6
| Fmaj7 |
| F
| Fmaj7
| F7
|
|
4
G
3
C
F6
2
E
1
A
4
G
1
2
3
2
Fmaj7
3
C
2
E
1
A
I’m So Lonesome: verse with colour (alt.2c):
| F
| Fmaj7
| F6
| Fmaj7 |
| F
| Fmaj7
| F7
|
|
4
G
3
C
F
2
E
1
A
4
G
1
2
2
Fmaj7
3
C
2
E
1
A
I’m So Lonesome: verse with colour (alt.2d):
| F
| Fmaj7
| F6
| Fmaj7 |
| F
| Fmaj7
| F7
|
|
4
G
3
C
F7
2
E
1
2
3
1
A
One of the simplest, most beautiful progressions ever:
Bb6
Bm6
F
Dm
The midnight train is whining low,
4
G
Bb6
3
C
2
E
1
A
1
1
1
2
4
G
Bbm6
3
C
2
E
1
A
1
1
1
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams (1949)
1
F
Fmaj7
F6
Fmaj7
Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will
F
Fmaj7
F7
He sounds too blue to fly.
Bb6
Bm6
F
Dm
The midnight train is whining low,
Gm
C7
F
C7
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
2
F
Fmaj7 F6
Fmaj7
I've never seen a night so long
F
Fmaj7
F7
When time goes crawling by.
Bb6
Bm6
F
Dm
The moon just went behind a cloud
Gm
C7
F
C7
To hide its face and cry
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
3
F
Fmaj7 F6
Fmaj7
Did you ever see a robin weep,
F
Fmaj7 F7
When leaves began to die?
Bb6
Bm6
F
Dm
That means he's lost the will to live,
Gm
C7
F
C7
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams
FINAL
F
Fmaj7 F6
Fmaj7
The silence of a falling star
F
Fmaj7 F7
Lights up a purple sky.
Bb6 Bm6
F
Dm
And as I wonder where you are
Gm
C7
F
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Gm!
C7!
F
I'm so lonesome I could cry.
ritard
4
G
3
C
1
G
2
E
1
A
4
G
3
C
1
1
1
2
2
D
2
E
3
1
A
4
G
3
C
1
1
G
2
E
1
A
4
G
3
C
1
1
1
1
D
2
E
1
A
1
1
2
3
4
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
|: G
| D
| Em
| C
| G
| D
| C
learn
:| x2
G
D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em
C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
D
C
And pray to God I see headlights
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show CHORUS
G
D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em
C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
G
D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em
C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
|: G
| D
| Em
| C
| G
| D
| C
1
:| x2
G
D
Headed down south to the land of the pines
Em
C
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
G
Starin' up the road
D
C
And pray to God I see headlights
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
2
G
D
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Em
C
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
G
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
D
C
I can see my baby tonight
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
3
G
D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em
C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
G
D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em
C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
| G
| D
| Em
| C
| G
| D
| C
4
|
G
D
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
Em
C
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time
stringband
G
My baby plays the guitar
D
C
I pick a banjo now
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
5
G
D
Oh the North country winters keep a gettin’
me now
Em
C
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to up
and leave
G
But I ain't a turnin' back
D
C
To livin' that old life no more
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
G
D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em
C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
G
D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em
C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
6
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
|: G
| D
| Em
| C
| G
| D
| C
7
:| x2
G!
D!
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Em!
I caught a trucker out of Philly
C!
Had a nice long toke
G!
D!
But he's a headed west from the Cumberland
Gap
C!
To Johnson City, Tennessee
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
G
And I gotta get a move on
Em
I hear my baby callin' my
C
And I know that she's the
G
And if I die in Raleigh
D
C
At least I will die free
8
D
fit for the sun
name
only one
Wagon Wheel – Bob Dylan + Old Crow Medicine Show
LAST
G
D
So rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Em
C
Rock me mama any way you feel
G
D
C
Hey, mama rock me
G
D
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Em
C
Rock me mama like a south-bound train
G
D
C
G!
Hey, mama rock me
Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
1
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue Skies, smiling at me
G
D7
G – B7
Nothing but blue skies
do I see
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue birds singin’ a song
G
D7
G
Nothing but blue skies
from now on
Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
2
G
Cm7
G
I never saw the sun shinin so bright
Cm7
G
D7
G
Never saw things goin so right
G
Cm7
G
Noticing the days hurryin by
Cm7
G
D7
G – B7
When your in love, my how they fly by
Em
Em7/Eb
Em7- Em7/C#
Blue days, all of them gone
G
D7
G
Nothing but blue skies
from now on
Solo: Verse | Chorus | Verse
Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
3
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue Skies, smiling at me
G
D7
G – B7
Nothing but blue skies
do I see
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue birds singin’ a song
G
D7
G
Nothing but blue skies
from now on
Blue Skies – Irving Berlin
LAST
Option: modulate up a tone. repeat 2x
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue Skies, smiling at me
G
D7
G – B7
Nothing but blue skies
do I see
Em
Em/Eb
Em7-Em7/C#
Blue birds singin’ a song
G
D7
G
Nothing but blue skies
from now on