Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] C# A#m F# [Verse 1]

^C# You think you've been ^A#mlonely, but ^F#loneliness is ^C#mine As lonely as ^A#myou are, it ^F#ain't bad as ^C#mine You think you've been ^A#msuffering, but ^F#suffering is ^C#mine As lonely as ^A#myou are, it ^F#ain't bad as ^C#mine

[Chorus]

^F#So lonely Lonely as ^C#hel^A#ml ^F# ^C# ^A#m ^F# ^C#

[Verse 2]

Lucifer ^A#mcoming to me^F# trying to make me ^C#turn myself loose ^A#m But I tell you, ^F#God, you're m^C#y heart and soul ^A#mNo one can c^F#hain me ^C# ^A#mIf it call f^F#or me to die ^C#

[Chorus]

^F#I'm so lonely Lonely as hel^C#l ^A#m ^F# ^C# ^A#m ^F# ^C#

[Verse 3]

^C# You think you're been ^A#mlonely, but ^F#loneliness is ^C#mine As lonely as ^A#myou are, it ^F#ain't bad as ^C#mine You think you've been ^A#msuffering, but ^F#suffering is ^C#mine As lonely as ^A#myou are, it ^F#ain't bad as ^C#mine

[Chorus]

^F#I'm so lonely Lonely as hel^C#l ^A#m ^F# ^C#

[Bridge]

You think you don't know me, lone^A#mliness,^F# but I know you w^C#ell Mamma, ^A#m wherever you at ^F#in heaven ^C# Please, hold ^A#ma space for me ^F# I'm walking ^C#this planet, Mamma, like you taught me to do ^A#m ^F# I'm walking ^C# Trying to find you, Mamma ^A#m ^F# One day,^C# when God ^F#says: "Well done" Please, be at the gate waiting ^C#for me With your Momma, ^F#Grandma, Row^C#ena Green, J.W. Welch ^A#m and so many ^F#more

[Verse 4]

[Outro]

Noooo ^A#m n n ^F#n no ba^C#by oooh^A#m ^F# ^C#I love you, ^F# and this is from Charles Bradley Hope this, one day, gets out to the world ^C#

Charles Bradley - Lonely as you are