• Song:

    Lonely Ol Night

  • Artist:

    John Cougar Mellencamp

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John Mellencamp
Lonely Ol' Night

I watched John play it this way solo on TV (accoutic)

Play around with the D chords at the end of the lines.  John was lifting his fingers 
the first and third strings on the D chord.


D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                     DShe (xx0232@1)calls me up and says "Baby, it's a lonely ol' night"
D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)                   DI (xx0232@1)don't know, I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same time
G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)                 GNobody (320003@1)told us it was gonna work out this way
      CNo (x32010@1)no no no no
D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)                    DI (xx0232@1)guess they knew we'd work it out in our own way

C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
C (x32010@1)          GCan (320003@1)I put my arms around you?
C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)                    DCustom (xx0232@1)made for two lonely people like me and you

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)                  DRadio (xx0232@1)playing softly some singer's sad, sad song
D (xx0232@1)                              GHe's (320003@1)singin about stanin' in the shadows of love
                 DI (xx0232@1)guess he feels awfully alone
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)             GShe (320003@1)says "I know exactly what he means
          CYeah (x32010@1)yeah yeah yeah yeah"
D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)                                 DAnd (xx0232@1)it's a sad, sad, feelin' when you're livin' on those in betweens,

C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
C (x32010@1)          GCan (320003@1)I put my arms around you?
C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)             DCustom (xx0232@1)made for two people like me and you

D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)                 DShe (xx0232@1)calls me baby, She calls everybody baby
D (xx0232@1)               G (320003@1)                   DIt's (xx0232@1)a lonely ol' night, but ain't they all?

C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
C (x32010@1)          GCan (320003@1)I put my arms around you?
C (x32010@1)               GIt's (320003@1)a lonely ol' night
D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)             DCustom (xx0232@1)made for two people like me and you

D (xx0232@1)       Ddim (1201xx@1) DYeah (xx0232@1)like me and you
D (xx0232@1)       Ddim (1201xx@1) DYeah (xx0232@1)like me and you

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