Artist	Song
Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Carrie Underwood	Before He Cheats
from Some Hearts (2005)
Keith Urban	Stupid Boy
from Love, Pain & the Whole Crazy Thing (2006)
Taylor Swift	Should've Said No
from Taylor Swift (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
Sugarland	Stay
from Enjoy the Ride (2006)
Miranda Lambert	Kerosene
from Kerosene (2005)
Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down
from Merle Haggard: 20 Greatest Hits (2002)
John R. Cash, Johnny Cash & Roy Cash Jr.	I Still Miss Someone
from The Essential Johnny Cash (2002)
Charlie Rich	The Most Beautiful Girl
from The Essential Charlie Rich (1997)
Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces
from Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits (2003)
Toby Keith	A Little to Late
from White Trash With Money (2006)
Rascal Flatts	What Hurts the Most
from Me and My Gang (Bonus Track) (2006)
Ray Price	Heartaches By the Number
from The Essential Ray Price 1951-1962 (1991)
LeAnn Rimes	Blue
from LeAnn Rimes: Greatest Hits (2003)
Ernest Tubb	Walking the Floor Over You
from Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection (2006)
Willie Nelson	Bloody Mary Morning
from Phases and Stages (2005)
Hank Williams	Lovesick Blues
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Dwight Yoakam	Ain't That Lonely Yet
from The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam (2004)
Tammy Wynette	Till I Can Make It On My Own
from 16 Biggest Hits: Tammy Wynette (1999)
Travis Tritt	Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)
from The Very Best of Travis Tritt (2007)
Carrie Underwood	I Told You So
from I Told You So (feat. Randy Travis) - Single (2009)
Dierks Bentley	Trying to Stop Your Leaving
from Long Trip Alone (2006)
Waylon Jennings	I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) [Remastered]
from Dreaming My Dreams (2001)
George Jones	The Window Up Above
from The Definitive Collection: George Jones (1955-1962) (2004)
Kenny Chesney	I Might Get Over You
from Everywhere We Go (1999)
Loretta Lynn	She's Got You
from Loretta Lynn: All Time Greatest Hits (2002)
Dixie Chicks	Tonight The Heartache's On Me
from Wide Open Spaces (1998)
Keith Urban	You'll Think Of Me
from Golden Road (2002)
Waylon Jennings	The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
from Nashville Rebel (2006)
Brad Paisley	With You, Without You
from 5th Gear (Bonus Track Version) (2008)
George Jones & Alan Jackson	A Good Year for the Roses
from Bradley Barn Sessions (2005)
Alan Jackson	She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)
from A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) (1992)
Gary Allan	Smoke Rings in the Dark
from Smoke Rings in the Dark (2007)
Keith Urban	Tonight I Wanna Cry
from Be Here (2004)
Faith Hill	Like We Never Loved At All
from Fireflies (2005)
Johnny Cash	Guess Things Happen That Way
from Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous (1958)
Tom T. Hall	That's How I Got to Memphis
from Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher (1995)
Sara Evans	Cheatin'
from Sara Evans: Greatest Hits (2007)
Gram Parsons	Love Hurts
from Heartaches & Highways: The Very Best of Emmylou Harris (2005)
Ernest Tubb & His Texas Troubadours	Thanks a Lot
from Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection (2006)
Kris Kristofferson	Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
from The Silver Tongued Devil and I (1988)
George Strait	Baby's Gotten Good at Goodbye
from Beyond the Blue Neon (1989)
Jason Aldean	Do You Wish It Was Me
from Relentless (Deluxe Version) (2009)
Charlie Rich	Lonely Weekends
from The Essential Charlie Rich (1997)
Johnny Cash	Home of the Blues
from Now Here's Johnny Cash (1960)
Waylon Jennings	Wastin' Time
from Right for the Time (2007)
Willie Nelson	Sad Songs and Waltzes (Remastered)
from Willie Nelson - The Complete Atlantic Sessions (2006)
Rodney Atkins	Invisibly Shaken
from If You're Going Through Hell (2006)
The Flying Burrito Brothers	Hot Burrito, No. 1
from Hot Burritos! - The Flying Burrito Brothers Anthology 1969-1972 (2000)
Keith Whitley	I'm Gonna Hurt Her On the Radio
from A Tribute Album (1994)
Willie Nelson	I Still Can't Believe You're Gone
from Phases and Stages (2005)
Tim McGraw	Open Season On My Heart
from Live Like You Were Dying (2004)
Sarah Johns	The One In the Middle
from The One In the Middle - Single (2007)
Charlie Rich	You Can Have Her
from The Essential Charlie Rich (1997)
Buddy Jewell	Abilene On Her Mind
from Buddy Jewell (2003)
Keith Anderson	Every Time I Hear Your Name
from Three Chord Country and American Rock & Roll (2005)
Miranda Lambert	White Liar
from Revolution (2009)
Alan Jackson	Up to My Ears In Tears
from A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'Bout Love) (1992)
Chris Cagle	What Kinda Gone
from My Life's Been a Country Song (2008)
Vince Gill	Cold Gray Light of Gone
from These Days (2006)
Toby Keith	Big Blue Note
from Honkytonk University (2005)
Patty Loveless	Blue Side of Town
from Greatest Hits (2007)
Gary Allan	See If I Care
from See If I Care (2003)
George Jones	The Grand Tour
from 16 Biggest Hits: George Jones (1998)
Johnny Cash	Flushed from the Bathroom of Your Heart
from At Folsom Prison (Live) (1991)
Buck Owens	Only You (Can Break My Heart)
from Buck Owens: 21 #1 Hits: The Ultimate Collection (2006)
Merle Haggard	I've Got a Tender Heart
from Roots, Vol. 1 (2008)
Deana Carter	Love Ain't Worth Making
from Did I Shave My Legs for This? (1996)
Jerry Reed	She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft)
from The Essential Jerry Reed (1994)
Alan Jackson	She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)
from Alan Jackson: The Greatest Hits Collection (1995)
Kim Richey	Those Words We Said
from Kim Richey (1995)
Waylon Jennings	Crying Don't Even Come Close
from Waylon Jennings: The Complete MCA Recordings (2004)

Comment:

Sure, country music sorta owns all the good lyrical real estate on trains, trucks, mama, getting' drunk, and going to prison. But if there's one place where country music absolutely has no equal, it's heartbreak. She done me wrong, he done me wrong, I done someone wrong . . . every possible combination of betrayal, guilt, cheating, mistakes, evil designs, missed opportunities, unrequited love, and revenge can be found between the opening and closing bars of these songs. And talk about your bars — sorrow gets drowned in whiskey, beer, Bloody Marys, and tears. [i]Lots and lots[/i] of tears. Whether it's Hank Williams half-a-century ago or the Dixie Chicks half-an-[i]hour[/i] ago, our country cousins can sure tell the tale of a broken heart — and we've got 'em all right here.

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