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Lonesome Town

Shakin Stevens

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Lonesome Town:Shakin' Stevens..1974. 
(#9 in 1958 for Ricky Nelson.)

INTRO:
B Abm7 E F# (x2)

#1.
B                     Eb
There's a place where lovers go..
   E         F#        B  Abm7
To cry their troubles away.
E        Em      B        Abm7
And they call it Lonesome Town..
E         F#            B   F#
Where the broken hearts stay.

#2.
B             Eb
You can buy a dream or two..
   E        F#              B    Abm7
To last you all through the years.
E       Em   B         Abm7
And the only price you pay..
E    F#            B
is a heart full of tears.

CHORUS:
E             Ebm
Goin' down to Lonesome Town..
E         F#            B  Abm7
where the broken hearts stay.
E     Em      B        Abm7
Goin' down to Lonesome Town..
E         F#        B  F#
To cry my troubles away.

#3.
B              Eb
In the town of broken dreams..
    E           F#            B   Abm7
the streets are filled with regret.
E     Em      B        Abm7
Maybe down in Lonesome Town,
E     F#          B
I can learn to forget.

OUTRO:
E     Em      B        Abm7
Maybe down in Lonesome Town..
E     F#          B   E
I can learn to forget.
B
Lonesome Town.


A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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Lonesome Town

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