Oh Lonesome Me:Don Gibson.
#1 US Country and #7 on BB Hot
100 on RCA Records in 1958.

INTRO:  Eb 

#1.
 Eb Bb 
Everybody's goin' out and havin' fun.

I'm just a fool for staying home and 
 Eb 
havin' none.
                                 Ab 
I can't get over how she set me free.
 Bb Eb 
Oh, lonesome me.

#2.
 Eb Bb 
A bad mistake I'm making by just hangin'

round.
 Bb 
I know that I should have some fun and 
 Eb 
paint the town.
 Eb Ab 
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see.
 Bb Eb 
Oh, lonesome me.

CHORUS:
      Bb F 
I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and 

fancy free..flirting with the boys with all 
     Bb 
her charms.
 Bb F 
But I still love her so, and brother don't 

you know..I'd welcome her right back here 
       Bb 
in my arms.

#3.
 Bb Eb 
Well, there must be some way I can lose these 
 Bb 
lonesome blues.
 Bb Eb 
Forget about the past and find somebody new.
 Eb Ab 
I've thought of everything from A to Z.
 Bb Eb 
Oh, lonesome me.


INTERLUDE:  Eb Bb Eb Ab Bb Eb 

CHORUS:
      Bb F 
I'll bet she's not like me, she's out and 

fancy free..flirting with the boys with all 
     Bb 
her charms.
 Bb F 
But I still love her so, and brother don't 

you know..I'd welcome her right back here 
       Bb 
in my arms.

#4.
 Bb Eb 
Well, there must be some way I can lose these 
 Bb 
lonesome blues.
 Bb Eb 
Forget about the past and find somebody new.
 Eb Ab 
I've thought of everything from A to Z.
 Bb Eb 
Oh, lonesome me.

OUTRO:
 Bb Eb Bb Eb 
Oh, lonesome me..oh, lonesome me..(Fade.)



A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.