Capo 1st Fret 
 
Intro: A5  E5  B5 
 

Verse 1: 
A5 
You're asking me to open up 
 
I'm tryin' my best to give enough 
   E5 
To keep this love alive 
   A5 
It wouldn't be so hard for me to do 
                                 E5          B5 
If it hadn't have been for all my heart's been through 
 
Chorus: 
E5 
But once you've learned to be lonely 
                               A5 
And lonely is the only thing you've known 
             E5 
It begins to feel like home 
                  B5 
It becomes your comfort zone 
            E5 
Once you've learned to be without someone 
                                 A5 
And settle for the silence of an empty room 
      E5 
Oh,it changes you 
          B5 
There's a lot you have to undo 
                         E5 
Once you've learned to be lonely 
 
Verse 2: 
A5 
It becomes a habit of the heart 
 
To be afraid to even start 
   E5 
To try and love again 
A5 
I want to give you myself to you 
                                  E5                    B5 
But I've been alone so long that I'm scared, scared to move 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
Bridge: 
A5                                E5 
I've built walls but I feel them falling down 
A5                           B5 
Touch by touch your love is my way out 
 
Repeat Chorus 
        B5 
There's a lot you have to undo 
                        E5 
Once you've learned to be lonely