Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again Naturally Chords

[Intro]

F Am Bb C F


[Verse 1]

F                                  Am
In a little while from now, if I'm not feeling any less sour,
    Cm                               D              D7
I promise myself to treat myself and visit a nearby tower,
     Gm                    Bbm
and climbing to the top to throw myself off,
        F                Dm
in an effort to make it clear to who -
        F                        E
 ever what it's like when you're shattered
      Am                        Cm                       
left standing in the lurch at a church with people saying,
      Gm                                     Bbm
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up, no point in us remaining.
    F                       Am             D
We may as well go home." As I did on my own,
 Gm          C       F
alone again,       naturally.


[Verse 2]

    F                               Am
To think that only yesterday I was cheerful bright and gay,
        Cm                               D                    D7
looking forward - who wouldn't do ? - The role I was about to play.
       Gm                   Bbm
And as if to knock me down reality came around,
      F                  Dm                 F              E
and without so much as a mere touch threw me into little pieces,
     Am                         Cm                     
leaving me to doubt, talk about God in his mercy,
     Gm                       Bbm
who if he really does exist, why did he desert me
 F                  Am              D
in my hour of need I truly am indeed
  Gm      C            F
alone again,      naturally.

 
[Chorus]

 G#                                       D#
It seems to me that there are more hearts broken in the world
            Bbm      C         G#         Fm
than can be mended,      left unattended.
           C              Gm   C
What do we do? What do we do?


[Verse 3]

 F                               Am
Looking back over the years and whatever else appears,
  Cm                                          D                    D7
I remember I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide my tears.
        Gm                               Bbm
And at sixty-five years old, my mother, God rest her soul,
         F                   Dm
couldn't understand why the only man
        F                    E
she had ever loved had been taken.
 Am                         Cm                    D
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken,
 Gm                               Bbm
despite encouragement from me, no words were ever spoken.
  F                      Am                  D
When she passed away I cried and cried all day,
      Gm         C      F         D7       Gm         C       F
    alone again       naturally,         alone again        naturally.