Why Should I Be Lonely
By Merle Haggard
Written by Jimmie Rodgers / Estelle Lovell 
Album: Same Train, A Different Time (1969)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/8/2016

Not sure of the last 2 lines in chorus yet...


Capo 4


        D                               E7
Oh, the moon lights so bright, makes me lonely tonight
     A                           D     A
Everything seems to make me feel blue, dear
    D                    E7 
I'm down hearted now I'm lonesome somehow
       A                 D
'Cause you are proving untrue


Chorus:
    D            B7    E7
But why should I be so lonely
A                  D
Why should I be so sad
        G         E7          D  B7
Though another is taking from me
    E7                   A
The best pal that I ever had
      D7
She's taking the sunshine with her
    D7                     G   Em
And leaving the clouds for me
    G            A7    E7  B7
But why should I be so lonesome
     E7             A            D 
When there's nobody lonesome for me


The violets so blue are calling for you
The roses so sweet make me lonely
They bring to my mind a sweet happy time
When your love was only for me.

Chorus