A
You went away and left me crying.
E
Lord! Baby, how I need you here.
A D
Can't stand it now, and I ain't lyin'.
A E A
Ain't had no lovin' in a year.
Pack up my clothes and that ain't all babe.
E
Hand me down my high top walkin' shoes.
A D
I'm leavin' if I have to crawl babe;
A E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.
Banjo solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
You went away without a word, babe;
E
You didn't even say goodbye.
A D
Wherever you went I haven't heard, babe,
A E A
but now I'm coming home to cry.
Pack up my clothes and that ain't all babe.
E
Hand me down my high top walkin' shoes.
A D
I'm leavin' if I have to crawl babe;
A E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.
Dobro solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
Nashville is fine but Houston's finer.
E
Birmingham, now Lord, I just can't use.
A D
I'm bound to catch a dixieliner.
A E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.
Pack up my clothes and that ain't all babe.
E
Hand me down my high top walkin' shoes.
A D
I'm leavin' if I have to crawl babe;
A E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.
Mandolin solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
Guitar solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
Dobro solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
Banjo solo: A | E | A | D | A | E | A
Pack up my clothes and that ain't all babe.
E
Hand me down my high top walkin' shoes.
A D
I'm leavin' if I have to crawl babe;
A E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.
E A
I've got the lonesome hearted blues.