Happy or lonesome    (intro)

 

                A                                                     D                         A

1. Come back to me in my dreaming, come back to me once more,

                                                                E

    come with the love light gleaming, as in the days of yore.

                A                                                   D                              A

    Come tell me that you still love me and that your heart is still true,

                                                                        E                         A

    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you.

 

                  A                                    D                            A

2. Somewhere a heart is breaking, calling me back to you,

                                                                         E

    memories of loved ones are waiting, each happy home and you.

     A                                                  D                             A

    Absence makes my heart fonder, is it the same with you ?

                                                        E                                  A

    Are you still happy, I wonder, or do you feel lonesome, too ?

 

+ A - D - A - E - A 

 

         A                                D                     A

3. When the sun is sinking in the golden west,

                                                E

    and the birds and flowers they have gone to rest,

               A                                                    D                               A

    come tell me that you still love me, and that your heart is still true,

                                                                        E                         A

    when the spring roses are blooming, then I'll come back to you.

 

+ repeat verse 2

 

Recorded  5/8/34 Camden, NJ

 

    (Carter Family)