Whether you're coping with heartbreak, the loss of someone you love or something even bigger, these country classics are sure to make you shed a tear. Here, a look at our favorite sad country songs.

Flip through the slideshow below for 20 of country's saddest songs, from classics like "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" to newer songs like Jason Isbell's "Dress Blues." ...

With a sampling of music spanning generations and genres — from the early ‘90s and 2000s to experimental soul, rock and country ... puts this classic recprding in the list of sad songs.