You`re Only Lonely J.D. Souther Intro A F#m D E A F#m D E Ooou ooou ooou ooou A When the world is ready to fall F#m On your little shoulders D And when you`re feelin` lonely and small A F#m you need somebody there to hold you D E A F#m You can call out my name when you`re only lonely (Oooou) D E Now don`t you ever be ashamed A F#m D E when you`re only lonely A F#m When you need somebody around
on the nights that try you remember D I was there when you were a queen A F#m and I`ll be the last one there beside you D E So you can call out my name A when you`re only lonely (Oooou) F#m D E Now don`t you ever be ashamed A You`re only lonely (You`re only lonely) F#m (You`re only lonely) D (You`re only lonely Oooou) E7 A F#m Ooh...when the world is ready to fall D on your little shoulders And when you`re feelin` lonely and small A F#m you need somebody there to hold you D E So don`t you ever be ashamed (hold you) (Hold You) A F#m when you`re only lonely D E Darlin` call out my name (ahooou) A when you`re only lonely (You`re only lonely) F#m When you`re only lonely (You`re only lonely) D Ooou it`s no crime E Darlin` we got lots of time E7 E A Whoa.... (You`re only lonely) F#m Whoa... (You`re only lonely) D No there`s nothin` wrong with you E7 E Darlin` I get lonely too A F#m (You`re only lonely) (You`re only lonely) D So if you need me (You`re only lonely) E7 E All you`ve gotta` do is call me A F#m Now you`re only............... lonely (You`re only lonely) (You`re only lonely) D Ooh ooh ooh ooh (You`re only lonely) E Ooh ooh ooh ooh E7 A (fade) Oh my my my my
This song ended up being a #1 Adult Contemporary hit for 5 weeks, Souther said that Roy Orbison, who had a hit with "Only The Lonely," was a big influence on this song. Leasrn to play it with these guitar chords.