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