Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] F F6 Am9 Am Gm7 C7-9 F | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | [Verse 1]

^Fmaj7In a little while from ^F6now If I'm ^Amnot feeling any less sour I ^Cmpromise myself to treat myself Am7-5 D7 And visit a nearby tower And c^Gm7limbing to the top Gm7-5 C7-9 will throw myself off In an ^Feffort to make it ^F+5clear to who- F6 Bm7-5 E7 ever what it's like when you're shat tered Left ^Amstanding in the lurch Am7-5 D7-9 D7 At a church where people say - ing "My ^GmGod, that's tough, she stood him up Gm7-5 No point in us remaining We ^Fmaj7may as well go ^F6home" As ^AmI did on my ^D7own Gm C7-9 F A lone again, natural ly

[Verse 2]

^Fmaj7To think that only yester ^F6day I was ^Amcheerful bright and gay Looking ^Cmforward to who wouldn't do? Am7-5 D7 The role I was about to play But as ^Gm7if to knock me down Gm7-5 C7-9 Re ality came a round And with ^Fout so much as a ^F+5mere touch F6 Bm7-5 E7 Cut me into little piec - es ^AmLeaving me to doubt Am7-5 D7-9 D7 Talk about God in his mer - cy Who ^Gmif He really does exist Gm7-5 Why did He desert me ^Fmaj7In my hour of ^F6need I ^Amtruly am in ^D7deed Gm C7-9 F A lone again, natural ly

[Bridge]

It ^Abseems to me that there are more hearts ^Ebbroken in the world Gm7-5 C7-9 Than can be mended Ab Dm7-5 Left unat tended What do we ^Cdo? ^Cmaj7 What do we ^C9do? ^C7

Fmaj7 F6 Am Cm |Am7-5 D7-9 D7 | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * * * * * | Gm7 Gm7-5 Fmaj7 F+5 |F6 Bm7-5 E7 | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * * * * * | Am Am7-5 D7-9 D7 Gm7 Gm7-5 | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * |* * * * | Fmaj7 F6 Am D7-9 Gm C7-9 F | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | * * * * | A lone again natural-ly

^Fmaj7Looking back over the ^F6years And ^Amwhatever else that appears I re ^Cmmember I cried when my father died Am7-5 D7 Never wishing to hide the tears And at ^Gm7sixty-five years old Gm7-5 My mother, God rest her soul Couldn't ^Funderstand why the ^F+5only man F6 Bm7-5 E7 She had ever loved had been ta - ken ^AmLeaving her to start Am7-5 D7-9 D7 With a heart so badly bro - ken Des ^Gmpite encouragement from me Gm7-5 No words were ever spoken And ^Fmaj7when she passed a ^F6way I ^Amcried and cried all ^D7day Gm C7-9 Am7 D7 A lone again, natural ly Gm C7-9 F A lone again, natural ly

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone again naturally