Different than the other versions of this song, this is my fave.
There's a few instrumental bits to work out, and some nice chord changes.
Here's the basics as far as I can hear... comments welcome.
The lyrics below are as on the Pretty In Black album.
A whip-poor-will is a nightjar bird.
No Capo (transpose down 2 for capo on 2nd)
Ebm 668876
B 224442
F# 244322
Db 446662
Intro: Ebm
Ebm
Hear that lonesome whip-poor-will
Ebm
He sounds too blue to fly
B F#
The midnight train is winding low
Db Ebm
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Ebm
Have you e'er seen a night so long
Ebm
When time goes crawling by
B F#
The moon just went behind the clouds
Db Ebm
To hide its tears and cry
Ebm
Did you e'er see a robin weep
Ebm
When leaves begin to die
B F#
That means he's lost the will to live
Db Ebm
I'm so lonesome I could cry
Bridge:
Ebm F# B F# Db Ebm
Ebm
The silence of a falling star
Ebm
Lights up a purple sky
B F#
And as I wonder where you are
Db Ebm
I'm so lonesome I could cry