Intro: >F#M7 ~ F#6 Bbm7, G#m7 C#7b9 F#M7 Verse 1: > F#M7 F#6 Oh, in a little while from now > Bbm7 If I'm not feeling any less sour > C#m I promised myself to treat myself > Bbm7b5 D#7 And visit a nearby tower > G#m7 And climbing to the top > G#m7b5 Will throw myself off > F# F#+ In an effort to make it clear to whoever > F#6 F7 What it's like when you're shattered > Bbm7 Left standing in the lurch > C#m D#7 At a church where people saying > G#m7 "My God, that's tough, she stood him up > G#m7b5 No point in us remaining > F#M7 F#6 We may as well go home" > Bbm7 D#7 As I did on my own > G#m7 C#7b9 F#M7 F#6 Alone again, naturally Verse 2: > F#M7 F#6 To think that only yesterday > Bbm7 I was cheerful, bright, and gay > C#m Looking forward to, well who wouldn't do? > Bbm7b5 D#7 The role I was about to play > G#m7 But as if to knock me down > G#m7b5 Reality came around > F# F#+ And without so much as a mere touch > F#6 F7 Cut me into little pieces > Bbm7 Leaving me to doubt > C#m D#7 Talk about God in his mercy > G#m7 For if He really does exist > G#m7b5 Why did He desert me? > F#M7 F#6 In my hour of need > Bbm7 D#7 I truly am indeed > G#m7 C#7b9 F# Alone again, naturally Bridge: > A It seems to me that there are more hearts > E Broken in the world > G#m7b5 Than can't be mended >C#7b9 A D#m7b5 Left unattended > C#M7 What do we do? > G#m7 C#7b9 What do we do? Solo: > F#M7 ~ F#6 Bbm7 C#m Bbm7b5 D#7, > G#m7 G#m7b5, F# F#+ F#6 F7 Bbm7 C#m D#7 > G#m7 G#m7b5, F#M7 ~ F#6 Bbm7 D#7 > G#m7 C#7b9 F# Alone again, naturally Verse 3: > F#M7 F#6 Now looking back over the years > Bbm7 And whatever else that appears > C#m I remember I cried when my father died > Bbm7b5 D#7 Never wishing to hide the tears > G#m7 And at sixty-five years old > G#m7b5 My mother, God rest her soul > F# F#+ Couldn't understand why the only man > F#6 F7 She had ever loved had been taken > Bbm7 Leaving her to start > C#m D#7 With a heart so badly broken > G#m7 Despite encouragement from me > G#m7b5 No words were ever spoken > F#M7 F#6 And when she passed away > Bbm7 D#7 I cried and cried all day Outro: > G#m7 C#7b9 Bbm7 D#7 Alone again, naturally > G#m7 C#7b9 C#7 F# Alone again, naturally