Starts a cappella on the high 1, chord hits after the end of each line
| E | |
| Well, | since my baby left me |
| E | |
| Well I | found a new place to dwell |
Goes up to something like the b3 on “end”, but this is likely to train wreck, so just descend on the pentatonic minor
| E | |
| Well it’s | down at the end of lonely street |
| E | |
| At | heartbreak hotel, well I’ve been |
| A7 |
| I’ve been so lonely baby, well, I’m so lonely |
| B7 | E |
| I’m so lonely, I could | die |
| E | |
| Alth | ough it’s always crowded |
| E | |
| You s | till can find some room |
| E | |
| For b | roken-hearted lovers |
| E | |
| To | cry away their gloom |
| A7 |
| They’ve been so lonely baby |
They’ll make you so lonely
| B7 | E | |
| Oh | they’re be so lonely they could | die |
| E | |
| Now, the b | ell hop’s tears keep flowin |
| E | |
| And the d | esk clerk’s dressed in black |
| E | |
| Well they b | een so long on lonely street |
| E | |
| They | never, they never look back |
| A7 |
| And they’re so lonely baby |
Well they’re so lonely
| B7 | E |
| Well they’re so lonely they could | die |
| E | |
| Well, i | f your baby leaves you |
| E | |
| And you g | ot a tale to tell |
| E | |
| Well, just ta | ke a walk down lonely street |
| E | |
| To | heartbreak hotel, where you will be |
| A |
| You’ll be so lonely, where you’ll be lonely |
| B7 | E |
| You’ll be so lonely you could | die |
Solo on verse and chorus chords
| E | E | A | B | E |
| E | ||||
| Alth | ough it’s always crowded |
| E | |
| You s | till can find some room |
| E | |
| For b | roken-hearted lovers |
| E | |
| To | cry away their gloom |
| A7 |
| They’ve been so lonely baby |
They’ll make you so lonely
| B7 | E | |
| Oh | They’re be so lonely they could | die |
| F9 | E9 |
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