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Lonely Alone

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1/6

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 6Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Note: The symbol | is used in order to mark chords in measures.
Chords used: 
GM7  -  3 x 4 4 3 2
Em7  -  0 2 0 0 3 3  (or may use standard chord - 0 2 0 0 0 0 )
[Intro]
riff
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---0--2--4--2--0-----|
D|-----------------0---|
A|---------------------|
E|---3-----------------|
   C|     B7|    Em7|             A7|
   C|     B7|    Em7|     Em   E5   F#5|
[Verse 1]
  CI heard you B7say bartender     Em7make it A7strong
  CI had to B7guess your lover's EmgoneE5  F#5  
  CI don’t know B7you and you    Em7don't know A7me
But there's no Creason to B7be lonely aEm7lone
[Verse 2]
  CIs this seat B7taken, do you Em7like this A7song?
  CDo you tear B7up when it comes Em7on?E5  F#5  
  CYou know it’s B7always the Em7same for A7me
For there's no Creason to B7be lonely aEm7lone
[Chorus]
  GHow 'bout a friend that Gmaj7looks like me?
   AmA little gem, a little   Dmisery
  GWe could use a Gmaj7little company
   AmMaybe that's what Dwe could be
[Guitar solo]
   C|     B7|    Em7|       A|
   C|     B7|    Em7|     Em7|
   C|     B7|    Em7|       A|
   C|     B7|    Em7|     Em7|
[Verse 3]
  CYou probably B7heard this line a Em7thousand A7times
  CBut you B7seem like someone I have Em7knownE5  F#5  
  CIs it the B7whiskey or do Em7you agA7ree
There's no Creason to B7be lonely aEm7lone
[Chorus]
  GHow 'bout a friend that Gmaj7looks like me?
   AmA little gem, a little   Dmisery
  GWe could use a Gmaj7little company
   AmMaybe honey   Dthat's what we could be
[Harmonica solo]
   C|     B7|    Em7|    A7|
   C|     B7|    Em7|   Em7|
   C|     B7|    Em7|    A7|
   C|     B7|    Em7|   Em7|
[Verse 4]
  CBartender B7say's it’s Em7closing A7time
  CYou go B7your way and I’ll go Emmine
  CDon't want you B7thinkin’ that Em7I'm eaA7sy
There's no Creason to B7be lonely aEm7loneA7  
There's no Creason to B7be lonely aEm7lone

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Lonely Alone

by Sheryl Crow

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

F#5

Gmaj7

Note: The symbol | is used in order to mark chords in measures.

Chords used:

GM7 - 3 x 4 4 3 2

Em7 - 0 2 0 0 3 3 (or may use standard chord - 0 2 0 0 0 0 )

[Intro]

riff

e|---------------------|

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

G|---0--2--4--2--0-----|

D|-----------------0---|

A|---------------------|

E|---3-----------------|

C B7 Em7 A7

| | | |

C B7 Em7 Em E5 F#5

| | | |

[Verse 1]

C B7 Em7 A7

I heard you say bartender make it strong

C B7 Em E5 F#5

I had to guess your lover's gone

C B7 Em7 A7

I don’t know you and you don't know me

C B7 Em7

But there's no reason to be lonely alone

[Verse 2]

C B7 Em7 A7

Is this seat taken, do you like this song?

C B7 Em7 E5 F#5

Do you tear up when it comes on?

C B7 Em7 A7

You know it’s always the same for me

C B7 Em7

For there's no reason to be lonely alone

[Chorus]

G Gmaj7

How 'bout a friend that looks like me?

Am D

A little gem, a little misery

G Gmaj7

We could use a little company

Am D

Maybe that's what we could be

[Guitar solo]

C B7 Em7 A

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C B7 Em7 Em7

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C B7 Em7 A

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C B7 Em7 Em7

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[Verse 3]

C B7 Em7 A7

You probably heard this line a thousand times

C B7 Em7 E5 F#5

But you seem like someone I have known

C B7 Em7 A7

Is it the whiskey or do you agree

C B7 Em7

There's no reason to be lonely alone

[Chorus]

G Gmaj7

How 'bout a friend that looks like me?

Am D

A little gem, a little misery

G Gmaj7

We could use a little company

Am D

Maybe honey that's what we could be

[Harmonica solo]

C B7 Em7 A7

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C B7 Em7 Em7

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C B7 Em7 A7

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C B7 Em7 Em7

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[Verse 4]

C B7 Em7 A7

Bartender say's it’s closing time

C B7 Em

You go your way and I’ll go mine

C B7 Em7 A7

Don't want you thinkin’ that I'm easy

C B7 Em7 A7

There's no reason to be lonely alone

C B7 Em7

There's no reason to be lonely alone

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