Thats What Its Like To Be Lonesome
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: C#mCapotraste:
4th traste
THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONESOME
As recorded by Conway Twitty
(From the 1966 Album SINGS)
Capo 4th fret
[Intro]
E
[Chorus]
E A E
That's what it's like to be lonesome
B7 E
I know 'cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy
[Verse 1]
E E7 A E
The streets are dark and empty and you walk them all alone
F#7 B7
You think about your love affair and wonder what went wrong
E
You go to bed each night and pray
A E
You'll never see the dawn
A E B7 E
Afraid of each tomorrow with its heartless cold unknown
[Chorus]
E A E
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
B7 E
A heart a broken love has taught to cry
A E
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
B7 E C
I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy
[Verse 2]
F Bb F
You search to find a tavern where the music's playing loud
G7 C
You try to lose your heartache in the laughter of the crowd
F
But the happy couples make you think
Bb F
Of things that might have been
Bb F
And you have to fight the teardrops
C7 F
Till you're by yourself again
[Chorus]
F Bb F
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
C7 F
A heart a broken love has taught to cry
Bb F
And that's what it's like to be lonesome
C7 F
I know cause I'm a mighty lonesome guy
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