CAPO 1 
INTRO: C  G F G C 
VERSE 1: 
C                   G 
How can you ask me,"how've I been"  
F                                 G 
I think you should know well, the shape that I'm in  
C                            G 
You say that you wondered if I was o.k.  
     F             G             C  
Well that's a damn fool thing to say  
 
VERSE 2: 
C                   G     
The water is risin' the water is wide  
F                               G  
And your always standin' on the other side  
C                           G 
And then comes the moment I wake before dawn  
     F        G        C 
With hours to lie here alone  
 

        G                          F 
And you seem so surprised that I'm feelin' this way  
G           F      G   
How am I so lonely today  
   C                     G 
If you ever loved me the way I loved you  
F            G      C   
You would be lonely too   
 
BREAK: 
C  G  F G C 
VERSE 3: 
   C                    G               
So here's to the lovers for old times sake  
    F                            G      
Who don't hold each other to the promise they break  
    C                            G   
And smile through the window and wave on the street  
       F              G             C  
'Cause that's all you want now from me  
 
CHORUS 2: 
G                         F 
Should I say something to put you at ease  
   G        F              G            
Or should I get down on my knees  
   C                     G 
If you ever loved me the way I loved you  
F            G      C   
You would be lonely too  
   C                     G 
If you ever loved me the way I loved you  
F            G      C   
You would be lonely too