Intro: Gb5 Gb5 Bb5 Eb5 Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Gb5 Gb5 Gb5 In a little while from now Bb5 If I'm not feeling any less sour Db5 I promise myself to treat myself Bb5 Eb5 And visit a nearby tower Ab5 And climbing to the top Ab5 To throw myself off Gb5 Gb5 In an effort to make it clear to who- Gb5 F5 ever what it's like when you're shattered Bb5 Left standing in the lurch Db5 Eb5 At a church with people saying Ab5 "My God, that's tough, she stood him up Ab5 No point in us remaining Gb5 Gb5 We may as well go home" Bb5 Eb5 As I did on my own Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Gb5 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 Ab5 Db5 Gb5 Alone again, naturally Bridge: A5 E5 It seems to me that there are more hearts broken in the world Ab5 Db5 Than can be mended A5 Eb5 Left unattended Db5 What do we do? Ab5 Db5 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: Ab5 Db5 Bb5 Eb5 Alone again naturally Ab5 Db5 Db5 Gb5 Alone again... naturally
