NELSON RICKY - "lonesome town" Tablature

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