A5
In a little while from now
       C#5
If I'm not feeling any less sour
  E5
I promise myself to treat myself
           F#5
And visit a nearby tower
    B5
And climbing to the top
   B5
To throw myself off
      A5                 A5
In an effort to make it clear to who-
     A5                         G#5
ever what it's like when you're shattered
     C#5
Left standing in the lurch
      E5                F#5
At a church with people saying
    B5
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up
   B5
No point in us remaining
 A5
We may as well go home"
  C#5         F#5
As I did on my own
B5        E5   A5
Alone again, naturally

Verse 2:

To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful bright and gay
Looking forward - who wouldn't do?
The role I was about to play
And as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much as a mere touch
Threw me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God in his mercy
Who if He really does exist
Why did He desert me
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
B5        E5   A5
Alone again, naturally


    C5                                      G5
It seems to me that there are more hearts broken in the world
            B5     E5
Than can be mended
        C5        F#5
Left unattended
          E5
What do we do?
          B5    E5
What do we do?

solo

Verse 3:

Looking back over the years
And whatever else appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide my tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
When she passed away
I cried and cried all day


B5      E5   C#5   F#5
Alone again naturally
B5      E5       A5
Alone again...   naturally