(E)  (E)  (E)  (E)

   E
If lonesome was money, I'd be set for life
D      E                                           E7
I'd be swimming in riches instead of tears I've cr ied
    A
The blues would be worth a whole lot of green
E
You'd never hear one complaint from me
   B                   A   B          E
If lonesome was money, I'd be set for life

   E
If lonesome was a woman, I'd never be alone
D E                                               E7
I'd always have someone there to love me and to hold
A
Leave misery's clutches, find love's embrace
E
This frown you see, a smile would replace
   B                     A   B          E
If lonesome was a woman, I'd never be a lone

A                      E
How I'd like to change lonesome
        A                   B
To mean something happy and free
A         B          E           C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A             B         C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A             B         E
Lonesome will always be me

   E
If lonesome was a liquor, I could run a still
D E                                                E7
Bottle up my tears and let the folks drink their fill
A
It'd be happy hour all the time seven days a week
    E
And laughter's all you'd ever hear from me
   B                      A B           E
If lonesome was a liquor, I could run a still

A                      E
How I'd like to change lonesome
        A                   B
To mean something happy and free
A         B          E           C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A             B         C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A             B         E
Lonesome will always be me

A                      E
How I'd like to change lonesome
        A                   B
To mean something happy and free
A         B          E           C#m
But, that won't ever happen, you see
A             B         C#m
Lonesome will always be me
A             B         E
Lonesome will always be me