Lonesome Lullaby
Electric LIght Orchestra
Intro:  D-A-E (2x)
    D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)             EI: (022100@1)    I listened to the whine for way too long,   
   D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      Time for me to hear a different song
 Bm (x24432@1)                        F#m (244222@1)      I waited overtime for things to turn around,  
  G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1)      Tired of waiting for it all to hit the ground
   
    D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)II:   You said you knew all about it, 
  D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)                E (022100@1)     What was right and what was wrong
Bm (x24432@1)                                F#m (244222@1)     You pulled the world over the eyes of everyone, 
 G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)           F# (244322@1)             
      Maybe I was weak when I should've been strong
          
          Bm (x24432@1)        C# (x43121@1)                                                  
   Ref :  Cry, baby, cry.   
           Em (022000@1)                       F# (244322@1)     Bm (x24432@1)GF#
          Tell me 'bout your lonesome lulla--- by
           Bm (x24432@1)        C# (x43121@1)                                              
           Cry, baby, cry.    
           Em (022000@1)                       F# (244322@1)    Bm (x24432@1)         Tell me 'bout your lonesome lulla---by
     
   D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)              EIII: (022100@1) You took me by surprise and like a shot in the dark (shot in the dark)
   D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)      You showed yourself in your truest light (truest light)
 Bm (x24432@1)                                F#m (244222@1)      You saved yourself by saving nobody else
 G (320003@1)                                   D (xx0232@1)        F# (244322@1)      You must have cringed when you heard them tell

(repeat refrain)
    
   D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)               EIV: (022100@1) You took the wrong turn at the city of dreams (city of dreams)
 D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)    You ended up back where you came from it seems (came from it seems)
 Bm (x24432@1)                                    F#m (244222@1)    Back there to where there's nothing else to do
G (320003@1)                                    D (xx0232@1)          F# (244322@1)    Back there where you can sit and think of only you

(repeat refrain)
       Bm (x24432@1)   C# (x43121@1)       Em (022000@1)                        F# (244322@1)   Bm (x24432@1)      C-----r----y,     tell me 'bout your lonesome lulla---by
       Bm (x24432@1)     C# (x43121@1)     Em (022000@1)                        F# (244322@1)    Bm (x24432@1)      C-----r-----y,    tell me 'bout your lonesome lulla---by

You're lonesome lullaby