Lonesome Standard Time chords by Kathy Mattea

SimplifiedG · Gm · D · F · C

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Verse 1
G 
Gm 
G 
Do you feel
Gm 
a kindred spirit
G 
Gm 
To the sound of pourin' rain
Does your heart start to yearnin'
G 
D 
F 
When you hear a distant train
Gm 
If you'd like to take that
train and ride
To someone left behind
C 
Gm 
You don't need
the wind to tell you
G 
D 
You're on lonesome
standard time
G 

Verse 2
Gm 
G 
Do  you sit alone and think about
An old love from the past
Do you feel a bit more empty
D 
Every time you raise your
F 
glass
Gm 
G 
If the memory of his kisses
C 
Sends a shiver up your spine
G 
You don't need a watch to tell you
D 
You're on lonesome standard time
G 

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Verse 3

When you hear them old sad songs

Do you hand on every word

Do you swear a cryin' fiddle

Has the sweetest sound on earth

If you shudder at the music

Of a hoot owl in the pines

You're on lonesome standard time

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G 
There's a bigger clock a tickin'
Gm 
It crosses every zone
G 
Gm 
The first time your old heart broke
G 
D 
F 
Was the time you turned it on
G 
Gm 
It don't never need a windin'
G 
C 
'Cause if it works like mine
Gm 
Well there ain't no doubt about it
G 
D 
G 
You're on lonesome standard time

Verse 5
G 
C 
When you hear them old sad songs
G 
Gm 
Do you hand on every word
C 
Do you swear a cryin' fiddle
D 
F 
Has the sweetest sound on earth
G 
D 
G 
If you shudder at the music
C 
Of a hoot owl in the pines
F 
D 
You're on lonesome standard time
G 