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[Intro]
G
[Verse]
CIf I Emwere aFlone
When Dmautumn comes GroundC  
Shakes all the Amleaves until theyBb  
CovAmer the Gground
[Verse]
Oh, Foh, then CI'd go aEmlone
To a Fcorner of desAmpaiGrC  
I'd a-E7wait for Amyou
C7Oh, oh, I'd preFtend
That Emautumn wasn't Gthere
[Verse]
CIf I Emwere aFlone
When the Dmsnow starts to Gfall
And a Cflicker from the Amcandle throwing
BbShadows aAmcross the Gwall
[Verse]
Oh, Foh, I'd Cstay by the Emfire
But I'Fd shiver with the AmcolGd
For CI could E7not be Amwarm
C7Oh, oh, withFout you
WithEmout you there to GholdBb  
[Chorus]
But all the Cgood days would reFturn if DmyouG  
Just come Emback to me
PleGase come back to Cme
AmLike, oh, Dmlike you used to Bbdo..G..G7  
[Verse]
When Csummer Emcomes aFround
It'll Dmwarm these chilly Gdays
And Cspring has painted Amall the leaves thatBb  
Autumn Amtook aGway
[Verse]
FThat's when you'd Cbetter hurry Emhome
To thFat corner of desAmpaiGr
For Clike the E7seasons Amcome and go
C7Oh, then Fyou
Won't Emfind me waiting GthereBb  
[Chorus]
But all the Cgood days would reFturn if DmyouG  
Just come Emback to Cme
PleGase come back to me
AmLike, oh, Dmlike you used to Bbdo..G..

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If I Were Alone

by We Five

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse]

C Em F

If I were alone

Dm G C

When autumn comes round

Am Bb

Shakes all the leaves until they

Am G

Cover the ground

[Verse]

F C Em

Oh, oh, then I'd go alone

F Am G C

To a corner of despair

E7 Am

I'd a-wait for you

C7 F

Oh, oh, I'd pretend

Em G

That autumn wasn't there

[Verse]

C Em F

If I were alone

Dm G

When the snow starts to fall

C Am

And a flicker from the candle throwing

Bb Am G

Shadows across the wall

[Verse]

F C Em

Oh, oh, I'd stay by the fire

F Am G

But I'd shiver with the cold

C E7 Am

For I could not be warm

C7 F

Oh, oh, without you

Em G Bb

Without you there to hold

[Chorus]

C F Dm G

But all the good days would return if you

Just come back to me

G C

Please come back to me

Am Dm Bb G G7

Like, oh, like you used to do....

[Verse]

C Em F

When summer comes around

Dm G

It'll warm these chilly days

C Am Bb

And spring has painted all the leaves that

Am G

Autumn took away

[Verse]

F C Em

That's when you'd better hurry home

F Am G

To that corner of despair

C E7 Am

For like the seasons come and go

C7 F

Oh, then you

Em G Bb

Won't find me waiting there

[Chorus]

C F Dm G

But all the good days would return if you

Em C

Just come back to me

Please come back to me

Am Dm Bb G

Like, oh, like you used to do....

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