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    30 Country Songs For A Lonely Heart

    Because nobody does heartache like George Jones. Except maybe Taylor Swift.

    1. George Jones, "He Stopped Loving Her Today"

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    Find me a sadder love song and I will pay you a hundred dollars.

    2. Crystal Gale, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"

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    A song for weeping.

    3. Willie Nelson, "Always On My Mind"

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    For the one that got away.

    4. George Strait, "Why Can't I Leave Her Alone"

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    There's a stalker in all of us.

    5. Patsy Cline, "I Fall To Pieces"

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    Country music and heartache at their best.

    6. Taylor Swift, "Red"

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    We all know exactly what she's talking about.

    7. Randy Travis, "Hard Rock Bottom Of Your Heart"

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    Because sometimes it's your own damn fault.

    8. Hank Williams, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"

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    We've all been there.

    9. Dixie Chicks, "Cold Day In July"

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    Promises do get broken.

    10. Keith Whitley, "I'm No Stranger To The Rain"

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    For the perpetually dumped.

    11. Dolly Parton, "Jolene"

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    Dang that Jolene.

    12. Hanna McEuen, "Something Like A Broken Heart"

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    It's a little like an old sad song, it kills you but you sing along.

    13. Hank Williams, "Your Cheating Heart"

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    Just remember: What goes around, comes around.

    14. Waylon Jennings, "You Can Have Her"

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    If you've been left for your best friend, this is your jam.

    15. Alabama, "Can't Keep A Good Man Down"

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    What are you doing? Get yourself back out there!

    16. Merle Haggard, "Today I Started Loving You Again"

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    There are some people you will just never get over.

    17. Hayden Panettiere, "Nothing In This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" (Nashville Soundtrack)

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    Somebody get this girl a Grammy or an Emmy or a Key To My Heart.

    18. Reba McEntire, "Can't Even Get The Blues No More"

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    You are so over this.

    19. Miranda Lambert, "Kerosene"

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    Burn the mother down.

    20. Clare Bowen and Sam Palladio, "I Will Fall" (Nashville Soundtrack)

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    Can Scarlett and Gunnar please just get back together already?

    21. Lynn Anderson, "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"

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    It's not just you. Even cowgirls get the blues, sometimes.

    22. Tanya Tucker, "Down To My Last Teardrop"

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    The "Single Ladies" of eighties country.

    23. Doug Sahm And The Sir Douglas Quintet, "Give Back The Key To My Heart"

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    This is why you should always leave a spare with a friend.

    24. Taylor Swift, "Picture To Burn"

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    So what if he told all his friends he thinks you're crazy. You probably are. And that's FINE.

    25. The Wreckers, "Leave The Pieces"

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    "Don't Turn Around" for the aughts.

    26. The Band Perry, "You Lie"

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    Liars = Not worth your time.

    27. Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"

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    Thank god for *67.

    28. Randy Travis, "Diggin' Up Bones"

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    Divorce is a bitch.

    29. Sara Evans, "A Little Bit Stronger"

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    Just like Britney's "Stronger" but without the chair dance.

    30. Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Free Bird"

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    There's another word for single: free. Enjoy it.

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