Alone Again Naturally Chords & Tabs

by Gilbert O'Sullivan

[Content]
Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan

[Verse 1]
G                         
In a little while from now
      Bm                        
If I'm not feeling any less sour
  Dm                            
I promise myself to treat myself
E7sus4         E
And visit a nearby tower
    Am                 
And climbing to the top
   Cm              
To throw myself off
      G                 G                 G6                        F#7      
In an effort to make it clear to whoever what it's like when you're shattered
     Bm7                  
Left standing in the lurch
     Dm                 E7    
At a church with people saying
     Am                                
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up
   Cm                   
No point in us remaining
   G              Gmaj7
We may as well go home"
   Bm7         E7 
As I did on my own
   Am         D7    G 
Alone again, naturally

[Verse 2]
G                           
To think that only yesterday
      Bm                     
I was cheerful bright and gay
        Dm                        
Looking forward - who wouldn't do?
E7sus4              E
The role I was about to play
       Am                 
And as if to knock me down
Cm                 
Reality came around
      G                 G          G6
And without so much as a mere touch
G6                 F#7     
Threw me into little pieces
    Bm7            
Leaving me to doubt
     Dm               E7   
Talk about God in his mercy
    Am                     
Who if He really does exist
Cm                  
Why did He desert me
G                 
In my hour of need
   Bm7     E7    
I truly am indeed
Am          D7      G 
Alone again, naturally

[Bridge]
   Bb                                    
It seems to me that there are more hearts
F                              Cm     D7
Broken in the world than can be mended
        Bb     
Left unattended
Edim7      Dmaj7
What do we do?
          Am7 D7
What do we do?

[Verse 3]
G                          
Looking back over the years
    Bm                   
And whatever else appears
       Dm                             
I remember I cried when my father died
E7sus4           E
Never wishing to hide my tears
Am                         
And at sixty-five years old
Cm                          
My mother, God rest her soul
G                          G+
Couldn't understand why the only man
         G6                 F#7  
She had ever loved had been taken
   Bm7              
Leaving her to start
       Dm             E7    
With a heart so badly broken
    Am                       
Despite encouragement from me
    Cm                   
No words were ever spoken
G                      Bm7             E7     
When she passed away I cried and cried all day
Am          D7      Asus2/B E7
Alone again, naturally
Am         D7          G 
Alone again,    naturally