Alone Again chords by Gilbert Osullivan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Gbmaj7 Gb6 Bbmin7 Eb7 Abmin7 Db7b9 Gb6

Verse 1:
 Gbmaj7         Gb6
In a little while from now
   Bbmin7
If I'm not feeling any less sour
   Dbmin7
I promised myself to treat myself
   Bbdim7     Eb7
And visit a nearby tower

   Abmin7
And climbing to the top
   Abdim7
Will throw myself off
  Gb        Gb+
In an effort to make it clear to whoever
 Gb6          F7
What it's like when you're shattered

   Bbmin7           Dbmin7
Left standing in the lurch, at a church
        Eb7
Were people are saying
  Abmin7
My God that's tough, she stood him up
  Abdim7
No point in us remaining

 Gbmaj7     Gb6
We may as well go home
 Bbmin7     Eb7
As I did on my own
Abmin7 Db7    Gbmaj7
Alone again, naturally


Verse 2:
 Gbmaj7         Gb6
To think that only yesterday
     Bbmin7
I was cheerful, bright and gay
      Dbmin7
Looking forward to, but who wouldn't do
 Bbdim7     Eb7
The role I was about to play

 Abmin7
But as if to knock me down
 Abdim7
Reality came around
  Gb        Gb+
And without so much as a mere touch
 Gb6          F7
Cut me into little pieces

 Bbmin7
Leaving me to doubt
Dbmin7         Eb7
All about God and His mercy
 Abmin7
For if He really does exist
 Abdim7
Why did He desert me

Gbmaj7     Gb6
In my hour of need?
Bbmin7     Eb7
I truly am indeed
Abmin7 Db7    Gbmaj7
Alone again, naturally


Bridge 1:
 A
It seems to me that

There are more hearts
    E7
Broken in the world
    Abdim7
That can't be mended
Db7    A
Left unattended
 Ebdim7   Dbmaj7
What do we do?
      Abmin7  Db7b9
What do we do?


Classical guitar solo on verse chord structure:

 Abmin7 Db7    Gbmaj7
Alone again, naturally


Verse 3:
 Gbmaj7         Gb6
Now looking back over the years
      Bbmin7
And what ever else that appears
   Dbmin7
I remember I cried when my father died
 Bbdim7     Eb7
Never wishing to hide the tears

   Abmin7
And at sixty-five years old
   Abdim7
My mother, God rest her soul
  Gb        Gb+
Couldn't understand, why the only man
  Gb6          F7
She had ever loved had been taken

  Bbmin7          Dbmin7
Leaving her to start with a heart
      Eb7
So badly broken
  Abmin7
Despite encouragement from me
  Abdim7
No words were ever spoken

 Gbmaj7       Gb6
And when she passed away
 Bmin7       Eb
I cried and cried all day
Abmin7 Db7    Gbmaj7
Alone again, naturally
Abmin7 Db7    Gbmaj7
Alone again, naturally