Chords for Seth Avett Sings, Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Tempo:
135.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
F
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [Dm]
[C]
[G] [C] Are you lonesome [Em] tonight?
[A] Do you miss me tonight?
Are you [C] sorry we [F] drifted apart?
Does [G] your memory strain
to a bright sunny day
when I kissed you
and called you [C] sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your [Bb] parlor
[F] seem empty and bare?
[D] Do you gaze at your doorstep
and picture [G] me there?
Is [C] your heart [Em] filled with pain?
Shall [D] I come back again?
Tell [Dm] me dear, [G] are you [C]
lonesome tonight?
[G] [C]
I wonder [Em] if [Am] you're lonesome tonight.
You know [A] someone said that the world's a [C] stage
and each must play a part.
Fate [Bb] had me playing in love with [F] you as my sweetheart.
Act one is when we met.
[G]
I loved you at first glance.
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue.
Then came act two.
Using the change, you acted strange [C] and why I've never known.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
[F] and I had no cause to doubt you.
[Dm] But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
than to go on living without you.
[G]
[C] Now the stage is bare.
[Em] I'm standing there [D] with emptiness all around.
And if you [Dm] won't come back, [G] they [C] can bring the curtain down.
[G]
Is [C] your heart [Em] filled with pain?
[D] Shall I come back again?
Tell [F] me dear, [G] are you lonesome tonight?
[C]
[G] [C] Are you lonesome [Em] tonight?
[A] Do you miss me tonight?
Are you [C] sorry we [F] drifted apart?
Does [G] your memory strain
to a bright sunny day
when I kissed you
and called you [C] sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your [Bb] parlor
[F] seem empty and bare?
[D] Do you gaze at your doorstep
and picture [G] me there?
Is [C] your heart [Em] filled with pain?
Shall [D] I come back again?
Tell [Dm] me dear, [G] are you [C]
lonesome tonight?
[G] [C]
I wonder [Em] if [Am] you're lonesome tonight.
You know [A] someone said that the world's a [C] stage
and each must play a part.
Fate [Bb] had me playing in love with [F] you as my sweetheart.
Act one is when we met.
[G]
I loved you at first glance.
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue.
Then came act two.
Using the change, you acted strange [C] and why I've never known.
Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
[F] and I had no cause to doubt you.
[Dm] But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
than to go on living without you.
[G]
[C] Now the stage is bare.
[Em] I'm standing there [D] with emptiness all around.
And if you [Dm] won't come back, [G] they [C] can bring the curtain down.
[G]
Is [C] your heart [Em] filled with pain?
[D] Shall I come back again?
Tell [F] me dear, [G] are you lonesome tonight?
Key:
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F
Dm
C
G
Em
[N] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] Are you _ lonesome _ [Em] _ _ tonight?
[A] Do you miss me _ tonight?
_ Are you [C] sorry _ _ we _ _ [F] drifted apart?
_ _ _ _ _ _ Does [G] your _ memory _ strain _
to a bright sunny day
when I kissed you
and called you _ [C] _ sweetheart? _
_ _ _ _ Do the chairs in your _ [Bb] parlor
[F] seem _ empty and bare? _ _
[D] Do you gaze at your _ _ doorstep
and picture [G] me there?
_ Is [C] your _ heart [Em] filled with pain?
_ Shall [D] I come _ back again? _
Tell [Dm] me dear, [G] are you [C] _
lonesome tonight? _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I wonder [Em] if _ _ [Am] you're lonesome tonight.
_ You know [A] someone said that the world's a [C] stage
and each must play a part. _ _
Fate [Bb] had me playing in love with [F] you as my sweetheart. _
_ _ Act one is when we met.
[G] _ _
I loved you at first glance. _ _
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue. _
Then came act two.
_ _ Using the change, you acted strange [C] and why I've never known. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
_ _ [F] and I had no cause to doubt you. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] But I'd rather go on hearing your lies _
than to go on living without you.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] Now the stage is bare. _
[Em] I'm standing there [D] with emptiness all around.
_ _ _ _ And if you [Dm] won't come back, _ _ [G] they [C] can bring the curtain down.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Is [C] your _ heart [Em] filled with pain?
_ [D] Shall I come back again?
_ _ Tell [F] me dear, _ [G] are you _ lonesome _ tonight? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] Are you _ lonesome _ [Em] _ _ tonight?
[A] Do you miss me _ tonight?
_ Are you [C] sorry _ _ we _ _ [F] drifted apart?
_ _ _ _ _ _ Does [G] your _ memory _ strain _
to a bright sunny day
when I kissed you
and called you _ [C] _ sweetheart? _
_ _ _ _ Do the chairs in your _ [Bb] parlor
[F] seem _ empty and bare? _ _
[D] Do you gaze at your _ _ doorstep
and picture [G] me there?
_ Is [C] your _ heart [Em] filled with pain?
_ Shall [D] I come _ back again? _
Tell [Dm] me dear, [G] are you [C] _
lonesome tonight? _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ I wonder [Em] if _ _ [Am] you're lonesome tonight.
_ You know [A] someone said that the world's a [C] stage
and each must play a part. _ _
Fate [Bb] had me playing in love with [F] you as my sweetheart. _
_ _ Act one is when we met.
[G] _ _
I loved you at first glance. _ _
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue. _
Then came act two.
_ _ Using the change, you acted strange [C] and why I've never known. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Honey, you lied when you said you loved me
_ _ [F] and I had no cause to doubt you. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] But I'd rather go on hearing your lies _
than to go on living without you.
[G] _ _
_ _ _ [C] Now the stage is bare. _
[Em] I'm standing there [D] with emptiness all around.
_ _ _ _ And if you [Dm] won't come back, _ _ [G] they [C] can bring the curtain down.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Is [C] your _ heart [Em] filled with pain?
_ [D] Shall I come back again?
_ _ Tell [F] me dear, _ [G] are you _ lonesome _ tonight? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _