Capo 1st Fret 
 
D - D7 - G7 - D - A7 - D 
 
D 	   	   G 	      D 
High in a tree on top of the hill 
D 	  	     D7 	  	  A7 
By the light of the lonesome ol' moon  
D 	     	      G 
I hear the call of a lone whipporwill 
D 	     A7       D 
Singing his mournful tune 
 
D 	  	  	    G 	  	     D 
Way off in the night blows the long freight train 
D 	  	   D7 	     A7 
With a roar and a rUmble of wheels  
D 	  	  D7 	        G 
My poor heart is breaking with every refrain 
D 	  	   	   A7    D 
'cause it sounds just the way I feel 
 
D7 	    G    D 
And it's a high lonesome 
D 	       D7 	       A7 
High lonesome heartbroken and blue 
       G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
 
D - D7 - G7 - D - A7 - D 
 
D 	  	 D7    G 	        D 
Do you ever get weary roamin' around 
D 	  	     D7 	  	   A7 
Do you think of the sweet love we knew 
D 	  	 D7 	      G 
Do you ever get lonesome the way I am now 
D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
 
D7 	  G    D 
And it's high lonesome 
D 	       D7 	       A7 
High lonesome heartbroken and blue 
       G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you 
D7     G    D 
It's a high lonesome 
G    D 	  	  A7 	       D 
Lil' darling I'm lonesome for you