Chord/Tab song: Lonely Ol' Night

John Mellencamp

Lonely Ol' Night (from the album "Scarecrow")


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She calls me up and says "Baby, it's a lonely ol' night"
[E] [Esus4] [E]
I don't know, I'm just so scared and lonely all at the same time
[Esus4] [E]
Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way
[A] [Asus4] [A]
No no no no no
[Asus4]
I guess they knew we'd work it out in our own way
[E] [Esus4] [E][Esus4][E][Esus4][E]

It's a lonely ol' night
[D] [A]
Can I put my arms around you?
[D] [A]
It's a lonely ol' night
[D] [A]
Custom made for two lonely people like me and you
[E] [Esus4] [E][Esus4]

Radio playing softly some singer's sad, sad song
[E] [Esus4] [E]
He's singin about stanin' in the shadows of love
[Esus4]
I guess he feels awfully alone
[E]
She says "I know exactly what he means
[A] [Asus4] [A]
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah"
[Asus4]
And it's a sad, sad, feelin' when you're livin' on those in betweens,
[E] [Esus4] [E]
But it's okay
It's a lonely [Esus4]ol' ni[E]ght[Esus4][E]
Can I put my arms around you?
It's a lonely ol' night
Custom made for two people like me and you

She calls me baby
[E] [A/E]
She calls everybody baby
[E] [A/E]
It's a lonely ol' night, but ain't they all?
[E] [A/E] [E]
It's a lonely ol' night
Can I put my arms around you?
It's a lonely ol' night
Custom made for two people like me and you

Yeah like me and you
[E] [Esus4]
Yeah like me and you
[E] [Esus4] [E]
CHORD FORMATIONS:

E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0
A x 0 2 2 2 0
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 0
A/E 0 0 2 2 2 0