Hank Snow’s 1950 recording brought the song to prominence, but it was acts like the Louvin Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, and Jim & Jesse that brought it into the bluegrass canon. We can presume Bond was one of those Rough Riders.
It’s a good one for beginners-all the basic chord changes, and easy to predict where it’s going next.Ĭountry music hall-of-famer Johnny Bond apparently wrote the song, and recorded it in 1940 with Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders. It’s one of the first songs I learned when I first started going to bluegrass jams and didn’t know a lick of bluegrass. I had to do some research to learn more about “I Wonder Where You Are Tonight.” It’s one of those songs that just seems like it has always been around.įor me, it has.
23Now the stage is bare and I m standing there 24With emptiness all around 25And if you won t come back to me 26Then make them bring the curtain down.Also Good: Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson and Del McCoury 21But I d rather go on hearing your lies 22Than go on living without you. 19Honey, you lied when you said you loved me 20And I had no cause to doubt you.
15Act one was when we met, I loved you at first glance 16You read your line so cleverly and never missed a cue 17Then came act two, you seemed to change and you acted strange 18And why I ll never know. 14Fate had me playing in love you as my sweet heart. DO NOT SHOW ADS Intro: Dm 0 G7 1 C 2 G7 3 0 C 4 Em 5 1Are you lonesome tonight, Am 6 2do you miss me tonight? C7 7 F 8 3Are you sorry we drifted apart? G 9 G7 10 4Does your memory stray, to a brighter sunny day, G 11 C 12 G7 13 5when I kissed you and called you sweetheart? C7 14 F 15 6Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare? D7 16 G7 17 G 18 7Do you gaze at your doorstep, and picture me there? C 19 Em 20 D7 21 8Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again? Dm7 22 G7 23 C 24 G7 25 9Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight? 10 11I wonder if you re lonesome tonight 12You know someone said that the worlds a stage 13And each must play a part.
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