Are you lonesome tonight
A ~ A
D A
1. Are you lonesome tonight?
Do you miss me I say?
E
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
A
D
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day,
E A
when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
D A
Like the rose on the vine I am
clinging to you,
E
as I did when we drifted apart.
A
D
I am wishing you back to that
little shack,
E
A
where I kissed you and called
you sweetheart.
+ A - D - A - E
- A - D - E - A
A
D A
2. Does the chair in your parlor seem empty and bare?
E
Do you miss me and wish I was
there?
A
D
Is your heart filled with
pain? Shall I come back again?
E A
Tell me, darling, are you
lonesome tonight?
D A
Are you lonesome tonight? Do
you miss me I say?
E
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
A D
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day,
E
A
when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
+ A - D - A - E
- A - D - E - A
A
D A
3. I have counted the days, I've counted the nights,
E
I've counted the months and
the years,
A
D
I have counted on you since we
drifted apart,
E A
tell me, darling, are you lonesome
tonight?
D A
Are you lonesome tonight? Do
you miss me I say?
E
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
A D
Does your memories cling to that bright summer day,
E
A
when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Recorded 6/8/36
(The Carter Family)