Jim Reeves

Just Call Me Lonesome

Jim Reeves


Tom: D

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[Verse 1]
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Why must I love the heartless one?
       A7                    D
Who'll never know the harm she's done
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Though love is blind, I should have known
     A               A7        D
Just call me lonesome from now on

[Verse 2]
  D                   D7    G
I climb the stairs up to my room
    A               A7    D
But no one meets me in my gloom
    D                D7     G
The silence tells me she is gone
     A       A7              D
Just call me lonesome from now on

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
      D                D7     G
These walls will hide me when I cry
    A7                     D
And hope that heaven lets me die
     D                         G
What good is life when hope is gone?
     A7                     D
Just call me lonesome from now on

[Verse 4]
  D            D7     G
I pray my memories at last
     A7                   D
Will fade into the distant past
   D              D7     G
If I must live and love alone
     A7                        D    D6/9
Just call me lonesome from now on