Hey here's an acoustic version of High Lonesome.
have fun and feel free to comment. I saw Brian Fallon playing this one somewhere on
Should be pretty much accurate.
Brian tuned everything half step down, but still sounds good with standard tuning.
C (032010)
C 2 (032013) -----------------> in the bridge
G (320033) ------------------| in the verse & chorus
G 2 (320013) ------------------| in the intro & bridge
G/E (055410) ------------------| before chorus
F/E (033210)
Dm (xx0231)
Am7 (002213) ------------------| in the intro & verse
Am (002210) ------------------| in the chorus
If you have trouble playing or remembering the chords, you can also play the standard
still sounds good. but Brian Fallon plays it the way I tabed it.
Intro:
C G 2* F/E (2x) * played very briefly
Am7 F/E (2x)
G
Verse:
Am7
So the ambulances came
DmG
They took your pulse and packed up your things
Am7
And the papers read
CG
Some boys forget what the heart it brings
Am7
And the pounding in the street
DmG
Was your heart in four four time
Am7
And the taste of defeat
CGF/EG/E
Was was never too far from your mind
Chorus:
AmF/ECG
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
AmF/ECG
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
Verse:
Am7
So gravity came
DmG
And stole the temple that the schoolboys praised
Am7
And the crowd shuffled in
C
You're getting drinks for the same boys
GAm7
Who once bought you everything
Dm
And the patter on the bar
G
Was just this one time
Am7
The patter on the bar
C
Was just this one night
GF/G/E
Only to get by
Chorus:
AmF/ECG
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
AmF/ECG
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
Bridge:
Am7C 22
There were Southern accents
Am7C 22
On the radio As I drove home
Am7
And at night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
C 2 G 2
It's a pretty good song Maybe you know the rest
Am7C 2 G
Maybe you know the rest
Chorus:
AmF/ECG
And Maria came from Nashville with a suitcase in her hand
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wished I looked like Elvis
AmF/ECG
And in my head there's all these classic cars and outlaw cowboy bands
AmF/ECG
I always kinda sorta wish I'm someone else
AmF/E
When our boots they hit the ground {
C G {
They made a high and lonesome sound { 3x
AmF/E
When our boots they hit the ground
CGAm
They made a high, a high and lonesome sound