Lonely Teardrops

Hidden gem on 1975 self titled album. The times shown are elapsed time from the 

start; chords by Marty Lurvey.



Intro:   F    ]   0:07





Verse 1

Bb

  Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?

F                                   C              ]

  Lonely teardrops, come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome,

                           F

Just say you will, say you will, say you will, ah yeah.   0:37





Verse 1, repeated

Bb

  Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry? 

F                                   C              ]

  Lonely teardrops, come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome,

                           F

Just say you will, say you will, say you will.  1:04





Verse 2

   Bb

Ah,       yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,

F                            C              ]

            Oh, oh, oh, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome,

                           F             Dm            F             Dm    ]

Just say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will.   1:42





Verse 1, repeated

Bb

  Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?

F                                   C              ]

  Lonely teardrops, come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome,

                           F

Just say you will, say you will, say you will, ah, ah, yeah, yeah.  2:10





Verse 1, repeated

Bb

  Lonely teardrops, why do you never dry?

F                                   C              ]

  Lonely teardrops, come home, come ho-o-o-o-o-ome,

                           F             Dm            F

Just say you will, say you will, say you will, say you will,  2:42





Bridge

        Dm                  F          Dm

Say you will, hey, hey, oooooo, ooo  oooo,

                         F                 Dm

Come on and say that you will, oh, say you will,

            F           Dm         F             Dm

Yeah, yeah,   hey,         yeah,      yeah,         yeah.   3:15

             F                                Dm

Well, I been good to you, baby, better than I been to myself,

       F                                   Dm

I been good to you, darlin', better than I been to myself,

              F                          Dm

I want you to say, say you come on, come on,

              F                               Dm

I want you to say, Lord, say that you'll come on, yeah,  3:44





Outro

     F                 Dm                F                 Dm

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on,

            F                               Dm            F

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on, come on, hey, come on,

                     Dm                           F

I ain't lyin' to you darlin', oh, you gotta do it sweet stuff,

              Dm                          F

Come on, come on, come on, yeah, yeah, yeah  < fadeout >     4:23