Sad Country Love Songs

Aside from looking sexy in a cowboy hat, country musicians are really, really good at writing and performing songs that make you bawl your eyes out. The love songs, especially, can just rip your heart out. Bad breakups, first love, the death of a spouse, wives waiting for their soldiers to come home — it's enough to make you an emotional wreck. So with the ACM Awards this weekend, what better way to get in the spirit than with a playlist of the saddest country love songs we could find? Listen to our Spotify playlist below, and fair warning: there will be tears.

1. "Whiskey Lullaby," Brad Paisley featuring Alison Krauss
2. "Austin," Blake Shelton
3. "He Stopped Loving Her Today," George Jones
4. "If You're Reading This," Tim McGraw
5. "The Dance," Garth Brooks
6. "I'm Gonna Love You Through It," Martina McBride
7. "Colder Weather," Zac Brown Band
8. "Just a Dream," Carrie Underwood
9. "Like We Never Loved at All," Faith Hill
10. "I Miss My Friend," Darryl Worley
11. "Travelin' Soldier," Dixie Chicks
12. "Better as a Memory," Kenny Chesney
13. "Strawberry Wine" Deana Carter
14. "Come Home Soon," SheDaisy
15. "What Hurts the Most," Rascal Flatts
16. "Laughed Until We Cried," Jason Aldean
17. "Love Your Memory," Miranda Lambert
18. "There Goes My Life," Kenny Chesney
19. "The Fool," Lee Ann Womack
20. "You'll Think of Me," Keith Urban
21. "Stay," Little Big Town
22. "You Don't Even Know Who I Am," Patty Loveless
23. "It Would Be You," Gary Allen
24. "Why Should I Care," Sara Evans
25. "If You Had Called Yesterday," Julie Roberts
26. "I Ain't Her Cowboy Anymore," George Strait
27. "I Would've Loved You Anyway," Trisha Yearwood
28. "Didn't You Know How Much I Loved You," Kellie Pickler
29. "When I Call Your Name," Vince Gill
30. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way," LeAnn Rimes
31. "Don't Take the Girl," Tim McGraw
32. "While You Loved Me," Rascal Flatts
33. "You Were Mine," Dixie Chicks

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