So Doggone Lonesome Chords & Tabs

by Johnny Cash

[Content]
"So Doggone Lonesome" - Johnny Cash
Track 7 of 12 on the album "With His Hot And Blue Guitar" (1957)
Track 8 of 12 on the compilation album "Now Here's Johnny Cash" (1961)
Track 12 of 12 on the compilation album "All Aboard The Blue Train With Johnny Cash" (1962)
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9qlSaxjw7g
Capo on 2nd fret
To match studio recording, tune to standard tuning at 450 Hz (slightly sharp).

[Intro]
B7        E

[Verse 1]
  E                                      
I do my best to hide this lowdown feeling
  E                                   B7   
I try to make believe there's nothing wrong
            E                           A      
But they're always asking me about you, darling
       E              B7                   E   
And it hurts me so to tell 'em that you're gone

[Verse 2]
   E                                 
If they ask me I guess I'd be denying
E                           B7  
That I've been unhappy all alone
    E                                     A      
But if they heard my heart they'd hear it crying,
 E                   B7                E     
"Where's my darling, when's she coming home?"

[Chorus 1]
  A                                 E                 
I ask myself a million times what's right for me to do
   A                             E               B7 
To try to lose my blues alone or hang around for you
        E                              A                         
Well, I make it pretty good until that moon comes shining through
    E             B7      E       
And then I get so doggone lonesome

[Guitar Solo]
A     E
A     E
A     E
B7    E

[Verse 3]
E                                      
Time stands still when you're a-waiting
    E                                  B7 
Sometimes I think my heart is stopping too
E                        A   
One lonely hour seems forever
E             B7               E  
Sixty minutes more to wait for you

[Verse 4]
    E                                            
But I guess I'll keep waiting 'til you're with me
       E                            B7   
'Cause I believe that loving you is right
      E                                  A     
But I don't care if the sun don't rise tomorrow
   E                B7        E    
If I can't have you with me tonight

[Chorus 2]
        A                                   E                        
Well, I know I'll keep on loving you 'cause true love can't be killed
  A                                     E             B7  
I ought to get you off of my mind but I guess I never will
        E                         A                      
I could have a dozen others but I know I'd love you still
       E        B7      E       
'Cause I get so doggone lonesome

[Outro]
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