Lonesome Day
Bruce Springsteen
RockMedium for beginners6 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
C
G
Em
D
F
Am
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Intro: hide this tab C(9) -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3---| ---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0-| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| -3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| C G | 8x C G C G Baby once I thought I knew C G C G Everything I needed to know about you C G C G Your sweet whisper, your tender touch C G C G But I didn't really know that much Em D C Joke's on me, it's gonna be okay C G | C G If I can just get through this lonesome day C G | C G Lonesome day Hell's brewing, dark sun's on the rise This storm will blow through, by and by House is on fire, vipers in the grass Little revenge and this too shall pass This too shall pass, darling Yeah I'm gonna pray Right now all I got's this lonesome day Lonesome Day Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em It's alright, it's alright | F | F | F | F | | Am | G | F | F | D | D | D | D Better ask questions before you shoot Deceit and betrayal's a bitter fruit It's hard to swallow, come time to pay That taste on your tongue don't easily slip away Let kingdom come, I'm gonna find my way C G | C G Yeah, through this lonesome day C G | C G Lonesome day C G | C G Lonesome day C G | C G Lonesome day Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah Em D G C | C G | C G It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, yeah C G | C G Lonesome day C G | C G Lonesome day C G | C G | Em | D | G | C Lonesome day
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Chord set
C · G · Em · D · F · Am
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.