Nelson Ricky - Lonesome Town (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Nelson Ricky - Lonesome Town First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Nelson Ricky. Other chords and tabs for the "Lonesome Town" can find at the bottom of the page.

B. Knight
Recorded by Ricky Nelson, from the LP `Ricky Sings Again'.

Note: Song is actually in `B'. Capo at the fourth fret and play in `G'
as notated.

Intro:

G - Em - C - D (2x)

Verse I:

G                     B
There's a place where lovers go
C         D        G    Em
To cry their troubles away
C         Cm      G        Em
And they call it Lonesome Town
C         D             G    D
Where the broken hearts stay [Lonesome town]

Verse II:

You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you pay
C    D             G
Is a heart full of tears

Chorus/bridge:

C             Bm
Goin' down to lonesome town
C         D             G    Em
Where the broken hearts stay
C     Cm      G        Em
Goin' down to lonesome town
C         D        G   D
To cry my troubles away

Verse III:

In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in lonesome town
I can learn to forget

Coda:

C     Cm      G        Em
Maybe down in lonesome town
C     D        G     C (arpeggiate)
I can learn to forget
G
[Lonesome town]

Ricky's answer to `Heartbreak Hotel' with a healthy dash of The
Fleetwood's `Mr. Blue' thrown in.

Tab/Chord interpretation by Craig Carlson
Thanks to Andrew Rogers for the Cm.