Capo 1st Fret 
 
Intro: G5   

       G5 
Do you feel a kindred spirit, 

To the sound of pouring rain? 

Does your heart start to yearning' 
         D5                     ( F5 - one strum )
When you hear a distant train?  
         G5
If you'd like to take that train and ride, 
                  C5
To someone left behind, 
          G5
You don't need the wind to tell you, 
          D5        C5        G5     ( G5 - one strum )
You're on Lonesome Standard Time.   
       G5
Do you sit alone and think about, 

An old love from the past? 

Do you feel a bit more empty, 
      D5                          ( F5 - one strum )
Ev'ry time you raise your glass?  
       G5
If the mem'ry of his kisses, 
                         C5
Sends a shiver up your spine, 
          G5
You don't need a watch to tell you, 
          D5        C5        G5
You're on Lonesome Standard Time.  
           C5
  When you hear the little sad songs, 
         G5
  Do you hang on every word? 
         C5
  Do you swear a cryin' fiddle, 
          D5                        ( F5 - one strum )
  Has the sweetest sound on earth?  
         G5
  If you shudder at the music, 
                      C5
  Of a hootowl in the pines, 
            F5        D5        G5
  You're on Lonesome Standard Time.  
 
Fiddle Solo: 
C5  G5  C5  D5  F5 - one strum  G5  C5  F5  D5  G5 

          G5
There's a bigger clock a' tickin', 

It crosses ev'ry zone. 

The first time your old heart broke, 
        D5                      ( F5 - one strum )
Was the time you turned it on. 
         G5
It don't ever need a' windin', 
                      C5
'Cos if it works like mine, 
            G5
Well, there ain't no doubt about it, 
          D5        C5        G5
You're on Lonesome Standard Time.  
  
Repeat Chorus 
         G5
  If you shudder at the music, 
                      C5
  Of a hootowl in the pines, 
            ( F5 - one strum ) ( D5 - one strum )
  You're on Lonesome Standard 
N.C. 
Time. 
G5