Lonesome Tears

Buddy Holly

RockAdvanced for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

C#Diagram coming soon

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BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Lonesome Tears:Buddy Holly (and the Crickets.) 
Recorded in 1958. 
 
#1. 
E               A 
Lonesome tears..sad and blue. 
C#              A 
I shed lonesome tears for you. 
         E              F# 
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you 
B         E  A E B 
said good-bye. 
 
#2. 
E                  A 
When you left..and said I'm gone. 
C#                   A 
Lonesome tears fell all night long. 
         E              F# 
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you 
B         E   A E E7 
said good-bye. 
 
Chorus: 
    A             E 
You left me here..all alone. 
A                          E       
Hear me callin'..won't you come back home? 
A                E 
Love me like you did before, 
F#           B 
now, need I, tell you more? 
 
#3. 
E               A 
Lonesome tears..sad and blue. 
C#              A 
I shed lonesome tears for you. 
         E              F# 
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you 
B         E   A E E7 
said good-bye. 
 
Chorus: 
    A             E 
You left me here..all alone. 
A                          E       
Hear me callin'..won't you come back home? 
A                E 
Love me like you did before, 
F#           B 
now, need I, tell you more? 
 
#4. 
E               A 
Lonesome tears..sad and blue. 
C#              A 
I shed lonesome tears for you. 
         E              F# 
Yes, you know, I know I cried when you 
B         E  A E B E 
said good-bye. 
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Chord set

E · A · C# · F# · B · E7

Practice tip

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