The Carter Family

Happy Or Lonesome

The Carter Family


Tom: A

          A                               D               A
    Come back to me in my dreaming, come back to me once more,
                                          E
    come with the love light gleaming, as in the days of yore.
          A                                   D                       A
    Come tell me that you still love me and that your heart is still true,
                                              E                 A
    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you.

          A                        D                   A
    Somewhere a heart is breaking, calling me back to you,
                                              E
    memories of loved ones are waiting, each happy home and you.
    A                              D                    A
    Absence makes my heart fonder, is it the same with you?
                                       E                     A
    Are you still happy, I wonder, or do you feel lonesome, too?

( A D A E A )

      A                     D              A
    When the sun is sinking in the golden west,
                                E
    and the birds and flowers they have gone to rest,
          A                                   D                        A
    come tell me that you still love me, and that your heart is still true,
                                              E                 A
    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you.

          A                        D                   A
    Somewhere a heart is breaking, calling me back to you,
                                              E
    memories of loved ones are waiting, each happy home and you.
    A                              D                    A
    Absence makes my heart fonder, is it the same with you?
                                       E                     A
    Are you still happy, I wonder, or do you feel lonesome, too?