Patti Labelle - On my own
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Capo: 1
Tuning: E A D G B E
#1 1986 hit duet for patti labelle & michael mcdonald;
written by burt bacharach & his wife carole bayer sager
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_My_Own_(Patti_LaBelle_and_Michael_McDonald_song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsH63qJlIMM
michael mcdonald did this in Eb
tonight show at home 4/2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqOyekUYzR4
he tuned down 1/2 step
so he could play open E & A strings
in F you can capo 1 & do the same thing
you can also do 2 fret trills 3rd & 4th strings 3rd finger
the fooling around at the end of the 1st lines of the bridge can be omitted
I'm playing it G and singing it an octave low, capo 3
BbM7: 6x776x
Bb6: 6x576x
Am7: 5x555x or 575555
FM7: x87555
F: x87565
C9sus4: x33333
C7sus4: x35363
[Intro]
BbM7 Am7(4x)
[Verse 1]
FM7So many timesAm7
FM7Said it was forAm7ever
BbM7Said our love would always be Bb6true
BbM7Something in my heart always Bb6knew
I'd be FM7lying here beside you
[Chorus]
FM7On Fmy C9sus4own
On my FM7own
On my C9sus4own
[Verse 2]
FM7So many promisesAm7
FM7never should be Am7spoken
BbM7Now I know what loving you Bb6cost
BbM7Now we're up to talking diBb6vorce
And we FM7weren't even married
[Chorus]
FM7On Fmy C9sus4own
Once aFM7gain now
One more C9sus4time
By myFM7self
[Bridge]
No one said it was BbM7easy Bb6 Am7 BbM7 FM7
But it once was so BbM7easy Bb6 BbM7 Bb6
Well I BbM7believed in Gm7love
Am7Now here I stand
I wonder C7sus4why
[Chorus]
I'm FM7on Fmy C9sus4own (Why did it end this way)
On my FM7own (This wasn't how it was supposed to be)
On my C9sus4own (I wish that we could do it all again)
[Verse 3]
FM7So many times Am7
FM7I know I should Am7have told you
BbM7Losing you it cut like a Bb6knife
BbM7You walked out and there Bb6went my life
I don't FM7want to live without you
[chorus outro]
On my C9sus4own (This wasn't how it was supposed to end)
On my FM7own (I wish that we could do it all again)
On my C9sus4own (I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone)
On my FM7own
On my C9sus4own (I've got to find where I belong again)
On my FM7own (I've got to learn how to be strong again)
On my C9sus4own (I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone)
On my FM7own (By myself by myself)
On my C9sus4own (I've got to find out what was mine again)
On my FM7own (My heart is saying that it's my time again)
On my C9sus4own (And I have faith that I will shine again)
On my FM7own (I have faith in me)
On my C9sus4own
On my FM7own
On my C9sus4own FM7