Capo 1st Fret 
 
Intro: G   

       G 
Do you feel a kindred spirit, 

To the sound of pouring rain? 

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

An old love from the past? 

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

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

It crosses ev'ry zone. 

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