Are you lonesome tonight       (intro)
    A ~ A[A]re you lonesome tonight? Do you mi[D]ss me I s[A]ay?
    Are you sorry we drifted a[E]part?
    Do your mem[A]moires cling to tha[D]t bright summer day,
    when I k[E]issed you and called you swee[A]theart?
    Like the rose o[D]n the vine I am cl[A]inging to you,
    as I did when we drifted [E]apart.
    I am wishin[A]g you back to tha[D]t little shack,
    where I k[E]issed you and called you swee[A]theart.
 
+ A - D - A - E       - A - D - E - A
    Does the chair in yo[A]ur parlor seem e[D]mpty and [A]bare?
    Do you miss me and wish I was there?[E]
    Is your heart f[A]illed with pain? Sh[D]all I come back again?
    Tell me, darling[E], are you lonesome to[A]night?
    A ~ A[A]re you lonesome tonight? Do you mi[D]ss me I s[A]ay?
    Are you sorry we drifted a[E]part?
    Do your mem[A]moires cling to tha[D]t bright summer day,
    when I k[E]issed you and called you swee[A]theart?
 
+ A - D - A - E       - A - D - E - A
    A ~ A[A]re you lonesome tonight? Do you mi[D]ss me I s[A]ay?
    Are you sorry we drifted a[E]part?
    Do your mem[A]moires cling to tha[D]t bright summer day,
    when I k[E]issed you and called you swee[A]theart?

Recorded 6/8/36 New York, NY (The Carter Family)