Intro: strum once each Em B7 Bm A7 2x Em B7 (or B ) Bm A7 Take a broken love song, keep it by your side Em B7 (or B ) Bm A7 Never be lonely, find a place to hide Em B7 (or B ) Bm A7 By the west way, inside the scrubs Em B7 (or B ) Bm A7 Em How long must we wait for theyre killing us, killing us (for that last Em , I like to play with a few extra notes for the notes that the piano is playing) | -0--0--0--0--0- | -0--0--0--3--0- | -0--2--4--0--0- | -2--2--2--2--2- | -2--2--2--2--2- | -0--0--0--0--0- Bm Fm They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest Bm Fm Em B7 Bm A7 They are the loneliest, still Through my cell window Hear the loft boy sing Come on, you R's Carried on the wind Every morning I'll be singing Like a caged bird you might say John, Paul, George and Ringo Help pass the hours away Free as a bird will I be Another dawn creeps up on me, on me They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest B D Letters from faceless haters E G A Who'd love to see me swing in my cell. Oh why, B D I never saw a man who looked with such a wistful eye E G A Bm Upon that little tent of blue, prisoners call the skyyyyyyyyy They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest They are the loneliest, still Take a broken love song Keep it by your side