Intro: Gb7M   Gb6   Bbm7   Eb7   Abm7  Db7(b9)  Gb7M  Gb6
      
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In a little while from now
       Bbm7
If I'm not feeling any less sour
  Dbm
I promise myself to treat myself
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And visit a nearby tower
    Abm7
And climbing to the top
   Abm7(b5)
To throw myself off
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In an effort to make it clear to who-
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ever what it's like when you're shattered
     Bbm7
Left standing in the lurch
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At a church with people saying
    Abm7
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up
   Abm7(b5)
No point in us remaining
 Gb7M          Gb6
We may as well go home"
  Bbm7         Eb7
As I did on my own
Abm7        Db7(b9)   Gb7M  Gb6
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
Abm7        Db7(b9)   Gb
Alone again, naturally
              
Bridge:
    A                                      E7
It seems to me that there are more hearts broken in the world
            Abm7(b5)     Db7(b9)
Than can be mended
        A        Ebm7(b5)
Left unattended
          Db7M
What do we do?
          Abm7    Db7(b9)
What do we do?
              
nylon-string guitar solo over verse 1 chords
      
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
      
Coda:
Abm7      Db7(b9)   Bbm7   Eb7
Alone again naturally
Abm7      Db7(b9) Db7      Gb
Alone again...   naturally