Tom: C C G F C I came home to an empty house after 2 years tried an' true C G F C Made up a rhyme about love and time but had no one to tell it to C G F C I lit a smoke and I threw my coat in the chair where she used to sit Am G C Ain't that at about as lonesome as it gets [Verse 2] C G F C She used to stand by the kitchen door while the sun was coming up C G F C She always tell me if it looked like rain or if the cat crawled on my truck C G F C Now every morning is a quiet mess for these things I can't forget Am G C Ain't that at about as lonesome as it gets [Bridge] F C G C And no more fire to raise the crane no more track to hold the train F C G Everything that I thought was love is looking like regret [Verse 3] C G F C I used to have some sense of self but I don't know where it went C G F C Feel like a clown neath a paper crown juggling in an empty tent C G F C I wore my feet up a many street and still ain't found it yet Am G C Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets [Instrumental] C G F C Am G C [Bridge] F C G C And no more fire to raise the crane no more track to hold the train F C G I been stranded in the rain so long I don't know what's wet [Verse 4] C G F C And I got drunk on Christmas night and had an epiphany C G F C Let's end the day in a holy way and set fire to the Christmas tree C G F C While the bulbs were burning down the angel was taking fits Am G C Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets [Outro] Am G C Ain't that about as lonesome as it gets