7 Incredibly Sad Country Songs

Yeah, I know. It’s Friday. I get it. But sadness doesn’t take the weekends off, so maybe some of our readers (or for that matter some of our writers, (or maybe just this writer)) are feeling a little down. Maybe they plan on spending the weekend drinking beer and trying to figure out why things didn’t work out with their significant other. Some people like to spend their weekends like that. Is that ok with you, reader?! Forget about the music you’re hearing today that’s labeled “Emo”. The saddest songs about heartbreak, betrayal and crying started long before Fall Out Boy was even a sparkle in Fall Out Dad’s eyes. Take it, Hank…

“Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams

Hank been done wrong. Hope that floozie of a gal who decided to run around him can live with herself. That’s what happens to women who cheat. They can’t sleep, then they look older then they actually are. Then nobody wants to date them. Just saying. Not attaching this to anything personal.

“A Picture of Me Without You” by George Jones

George Jones is super sad. He’s upset because his lady left him. If this song were written today, I’m sure it would mention “untagging”.

He stopped loving her today – George jones

The lyrics to this song are incredibly depressing. Google them, if you’d like, but to summarize: this man only stopped loving his ex girlfriend when he died:

He stopped loving her today
They placed a wreath upon his door
And soon they’ll carry him away
He stopped loving her today

“Tear In My Beer” by Hank Williams

Classic. Self explanatory. Just listen.

I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry by Hank Williams

True story: at a bar in Chicago one time, this song was playing on a loop from the jukebox. I couldn’t’ figure out who’d spent all their money to hear it over and over again until I looked down the bar and noticed an attractive older lady with her head slumped over a glass of whiskey, sobbing. I would’ve offered to buy her a drink, but I felt that’d be like preying on a lame gazelle. I left that to the lesser men.

It’s Over by Roy Orbison

Yes, he looks like your elderly aunt, but the man can sing. I assume he wears those sunglasses to hide is puffy, “I’ve been crying” eyes…

Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray by Patsy Cline

Female country singers are always getting dumped on by no good ramblers. Except the Dixie Chicks.