Tom: A
(E) (E) (E) (E)
E
If lonesome was money, I'd be set for life
D E E7
I'd be swimming in riches instead of tears I've cr ied
A
The blues would be worth a whole lot of green
E
You'd never hear one complaint from me
B A B E
If lonesome was money, I'd be set for life
E
If lonesome was a woman, I'd never be alone
D E E7
I'd always have someone there to love me and to hold
A
Leave misery's clutches, find love's embrace
E
This frown you see, a smile would replace
B A B E
If lonesome was a woman, I'd never be a lone
A E
How I'd like to change lonesome
A B
To mean something happy and free
A B E C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A B C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A B E
Lonesome will always be me
E
If lonesome was a liquor, I could run a still
D E E7
Bottle up my tears and let the folks drink their fill
A
It'd be happy hour all the time seven days a week
E
And laughter's all you'd ever hear from me
B A B E
If lonesome was a liquor, I could run a still
A E
How I'd like to change lonesome
A B
To mean something happy and free
A B E C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A B C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A B E
Lonesome will always be me
A E
How I'd like to change lonesome
A B
To mean something happy and free
A B E C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A B C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A B E
Lonesome will always be me
