#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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