I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams Sr.
Primary Instrument = Harmonica
Key = G, modes to A
Time = 3/4
Tempo = Real slow, easy, and pretty. bpm=?
Instruments: Harmonica, piano, steel guitar, fiddle, synth. strings, acoustic rhythm, bass, drums.
Kick: = Harp a capella to 4-chord, then bass, acoustic
rhythm, piano, steel for rest of verse, with slow easy intro with hitting and
sustaining roots of:
4 - 4m - 1 - 6m - 1 - 5 -1.
Turn Around = Chimed steel and drums joins in.
Verse 2: = Harmonica lead with piano and simple flat time with acoustic guitar, bass, drums.
V3 = Steel guitar, with harmonica fills
Modes up 1 step to A
V4 = Harmonica, with electric guitar in a syncopated call & response
Tag = last 1ine (Title line) of verse repeat (1/2 tempo), Harmonica plays lead, all others accent root of chord (as with kick-off verse), then 4-3-2-1
CHART
Kick: 1
- 6m - 2m - 5
1 - 6m - 5 -
17
V
= 1
- 6m - 2m - 5
1 - 6m - 5 - 17
4 - 4m - 1 - 6m
1 - 5 - 1 -
Turn
Turn: = 1 - 3m - 6m - 5/1
||: 4x :||
Tag: 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 (Same as kick)