Level: 2/3
Tuning: Standard

Buddy Holly recorded "Lonesome Tears" in 1958, at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis New Mexico, during the same session that produced "It's So Easy." Studio guitarist Tommy Allsup played brilliant lead guitar on both tunes, and "Lonesome Tears" was released as a B side to "It's So Easy." The pop tune includes a more complicated chord progression than most of Buddy's songs. This key of E version requires a few moveable and up-the-neck chords, so check out the chord grids in your paperwork before tackling the tune. It's mostly fingerpicked in the Travis style with an alternating thumb-bass.