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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Lonely
Status Quo
1986
Intro/Main Riff
The song opens with a shuffle in E
E|E5----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|-----2-----2------5-4-2-----|
A|-2h4---4-2---4-2--------4-2-|
E|----------------------------|and so on...
E5I don't need you by my side
I don't need you baby I lied
Cos' I'm A5lonely
Lonely as I can E5be
My one and B5only
A5Changing the mood in E5me 
E5I can't see you anymore
I don't feel you as before
And I'm lA5onely
Lonely as I can E5be
And it's B5only beA5cause you're never here with E5me
C#mTrying E5oh
I'm A5trying
C#mSighing E5oh
You've A5gotta believe meB5__
Because I'm E5lonely tonight
Somethin' 'aint right
I'm A5saving a place
for F#5you by my side
But yE5ou're still away
A5I don't know what to C#5doE  
No Chord
Because I'm lonely tonight
and all that I need is you___E  
C&P'd for a friend...

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Lonely

by Status Quo

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C#m

F#5

C#5

Lonely

Status Quo

1986

Intro/Main Riff

The song opens with a shuffle in E

E|----------------------------|

B|----------------------------|

G|----------------------------|

D|-----2-----2------5-4-2-----|

A|-2h4---4-2---4-2--------4-2-|

E|----------------------------|and so on...

I don't need you by my side

I don't need you baby I lied

Cos' I'm lonely

Lonely as I can be

My one and only

A5 E5

Changing the mood in me

I can't see you anymore

I don't feel you as before

And I'm lonely

Lonely as I can be

B5 A5 E5

And it's only because you're never here with me

C#m E5

Trying oh

I'm trying

C#m E5

Sighing oh

A5 B5

You've gotta believe me__

Because I'm lonely tonight

Somethin' 'aint right

I'm saving a place

F#5

for you by my side

But you're still away

A5 C#5 E

I don't know what to do

No Chord

Because I'm lonely tonight

and all that I need is you___

C&P'd for a friend...

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