Are You Lonesome Tonight

By one life, live it 
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Recorded by Elvis Presley 
written by Roy Turk and Lou Handman
[3/4 time] 

         C       Em             Am
Are you lonesome tonight do you miss me tonight 
        C        C7      F
Are you sorry we drifted apart 
          G7                Dm7
Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
       G7                             C
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
 
       Gm             C7                    F
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare 
       D7                        G7
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there 
        C                 Em           D7
Is your heart filled with pain shall I come back again 
        G7                      C
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight
 
Recitation: 
C        Em        Am
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someone said that the worlds a stage
              C
And each must play a part
                       F
Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart
                          C
Act one was when we met I loved you at first glance 
    G7                                   G
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue
          G7
Then came act two you seemed to change and you acted strange
    C
And why I've never known
                                 F
Honey you lied when you said you loved me, 
                            D 
And I had no cause to doubt you
                                  G
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
           G7             C
Than go on living without you
                              Em
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
     D
With emptiness all around.
                     G7
And if you wont come back to me
              D         G7
Then they can bring the curtain down.

        C                 Em
Is your heart filled with pain 
        D
Shall I come back again
        G7                      C
Tell me dear are you lonesome tonight
 
 

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