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Lonely Town

Brandon Flowers

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
G
D××
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 4th fret
               
 
 
 
 
C         G       D   
I've been working overtime 
G          D        C 
And I can't get you off my mind 
C      G       D 
I sleep in the pouring rain 
G         D        C 
When will you come home again? 
 
 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
 
 
C          G      D  
I'm hanging on to the end of this rope 
G         D          C 
Somewhere on the outskirts of hope 
C       G        D  
Life without you not around 
G       D      C 
Another kid in Lonely Town 
And I'm 
 
 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
 
 
 
    D              Em               C       G 
Now I'm standing outside your house 
        D          Em 
And I'm wondering, Baby 
C                            G 
Do you hear the phone when I call? 
                             D 
Do you fill the void when I fall? 
                              Em 
Do you hear the crack when I break? 
C                             G  
Did you lock the door when it shut? 
                               D 
Can you see the knife when it cut? 
                              Em 
Do you keep your ear to the ground? 
 
 
               C     G     D 
For the kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town) 
G    D    C 
Lonely Town 
       C     G    D 
Kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town) 
G     D    C 
Lonely Town 
 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
C        G           
Spinnin' like a Gravitron 
D 
When I was just a kid 
 G         D           
I always thought that things would change 
C 
But they never did 
 
 
C                            G 
Do you hear the phone when I call? 
                             D 
Do you fill the void when I fall? 
                              Em 
Do you hear the crack when I break? 
C                             G  
Did you lock the door when it shut? 
                               D 
Can you see the knife when it cut? 
                              Em 
Do you keep your ear to the ground? 
               C     G     D 
For the kid in Lonely Town (Lonely Town) 
G    D    C 
Lonely Town (Lonely Town) 
C     G    D 
Lonely Town  
G     D    C 
Lonely Town 
 
C G D  
G D C 
          
 

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Chord set

C · G · D · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.