Oh, Lonesome Me
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
Richard Blackwell (rdb2010@shaw.ca)
I found a rendition of “Oh, Lonesome Me” by Neil Young on YouTube. I capoed up
four and tried playing along for a while. This is what came out.
Neil seems to like to pull-off/hammer-on notes in his chords (e.g., in this piece
the E (middle finger) in his open C chords, the A (again, middle finger) in his
open F chords). Those oh-so-Neil-like embellishments are not reflected here.
Standard tuning
Capo on 4
Intro:
Everybody's going out and having fun.
I'm a fool for staying home and having none.
I can't get over how she set me free.
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
I've thought of everything from A to Z,
Oh, oh, lonesome me.
I bet she's not like me. She's out and fancy free
flirtin’ with the boys with all her charms.
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms.
There must be some way that I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past, find somethin’ new
I can't get over how she set me free.
Oh, Oh, lonesome me.