Are You Lonesome Tonight

(Roy Turk / Lou Handman)





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Are you lonesome tonight
Do you miss me tonight
Are you sorry we drifted apart
Does your memory stray to a bright summer day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart
Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there
Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight


(Spoken)
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
You know someome said that the worlds a stage
And each must play a part
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart
Act one was when we met
I loved you at first glance
You read your lines so cleverly and never missed a cue
Then came act two
You seemed to change - you acted strange
And why, I'll never know
Honey you lied when you said you loved me
And I had no cause to doubt you
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies
Than to go on living without you
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there
With emptiness all around
And if you won't come back to me
Then they can bring the curtain down


Is your heart filled with pain
Shall I come back again
Tell me, dear, are you lonesome tonight

    Intro:
         C               Dm          G7               C             G7
    e||------------------1--1--1--1-------1--1--1--1-------0--0--0--1--1--1--||
    B||------------------3--3--3--3-------0--0--0--0-------1--1--1--0--0--0--||
    G||------------------2--2--2--2-------0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0--||
    D||------0--2--0-(0)-0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0----2--2--2--2--0--0--0--||
    A||--3-----------------------------2--------------3----3--3--3--2--2--2--||
    E||------------------------------3------------------------------3--3--3--||

    Variation on intro:
         C               Dm          G7               C
    e||------------------1--1--1--1-------1--1--1--1-------0--0--||
    B||------------------3--3--3--3-------0--0--0--0-------1--1--||
    G||------------------2--2--2--2-------0--0--0--0-------0--0--||
    D||------0--2--0-(0)-0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0----2--2--2--||
    A||--3-----------------------------2--------------3----3--3--||
    E||------------------------------3---------------------------||

                  G
    e||-----------3--3--------------||
    B||-----------0--0--------------||
    G||-----------0--0--------------||
    D||-----------0--0--------------||
    A||-----------2--2--------------||
    E||--0--1--2--3--3--1--1--0--0--||

        C          Em            Am
Are you lonesome tonight, do you miss me tonight,
        C        C7       F
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
          G                 G7
Does your memory stray to a brighter summer day,
       G7                             C
when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
       C7                         F
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare,

       D7           G            G7
do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
        C                 Em            D
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again,
        F            G7         C      G7
tell me dear are you lonesome tonight?

spoken:

I wonder if you are lonesome tonight.
You know someone said that the world is a stage, and you must play a part.
Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart.
Act one was when I met you, I loved you at first glance.
You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue.
Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange,
and why I'll never know.

Honey, you lied when you said you loved me, and I had no cause to doubt you.
But I'd rather go on hearing your lies, than go on living without you.
Now the stage is bare and I'm standing there with emptiness all around.
And if you won't come back to me, then they can bring the curtain down.

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

[C] [Dm] [G] [C] [G7]
Are you [C]lonesome to[Em]night, do you [Am]miss me tonight, 
Are you [C]sorry we [C7]drifted a[F]part?
Does your [G]memory stray to a [G7]brighter sunny day, 
when I [G]kissed you and [G7]called you sweet[C]heart?
Do the [C7]chairs in your parlor seem [F]empty and bare, 
do you [D]gaze at your [G]doorstep and [G7]picture me there?
Is your [C]heart filled with [Em]pain, shall I [D]come back again, 
tell me [F]dear are you [G7]lonesome to[C]night?[G7]

spoken:
[C]I wonder [Em]if you are [Am]lonesome tonight. 
You know someone said that the world is a stage, and you must [C]play a [C7]part.
Fate had me playing in [F]love with you as my sweetheart.
Act one was when I met you, I [G]loved you at first glance. 
You [G7]read your line so cleverly and never [G]missed a cue. 
Then came [G7]act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange,
and [C]why I'll never know. [C7]

Honey, you lied when you said you [F]loved me, and I had no cause to doubt you. [D]
But I'd rather go on hearing your [G]lies, than go on [G7]living without you. [C]
Now the stage is bare and I'm [Em]standing there with [D]emptiness all around. [F]
And if you won't come [G7]back to me, then they can [C]bring the curtain down. [G7]

Is your [C]heart filled with [Em]pain, shall I [D]come back again, 
Tell me [F]dear are you [G7]lonesome to[C]night?