Crying My Heart Out Over You

Flatt & Scruggs Ricky Skaggs

Chords you’ll need to know

C D G

Jam-Along Backing Track

Lyrics

Oh somewhere the music’s playing soft and low And a stranger holds the one that I love so I was blind I could not see that you meant the world to me But like a fool I stood and watched you go

Now I’m crying my heart out over you Those blue eyes now they smile at someone new Ever since you went away I die a little more each day For I’m crying my heart out over you

Each night I climb the stairs up to my room It seems I hear you whisper in the gloom I miss your picture on the wall and your footsteps in the hall While I’m crying my heart out over you

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About This Song

Crying My Heart Out Over You is Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs brought bluegrass to mainstream audiences and defined its sound.. It's typically played in G. With just 3 chords, it's one of the more accessible tunes in the bluegrass repertoire.

This song uses a single repeating chord progression throughout—learn it once and you've got the whole tune.