(Some of the lyrics are unintelligible)
Standard Tuning
[Intro]
F E7 Am C (x2)
F G
C Gm F
[Verse]
F
Why did you walk away
C/B
What can I say
Am
Ain't much to do
Bb
N.C. F
Oh so blue
E7
And lonely I'd be
Am
Without you
C
N.C. F E Am
But I'll never never never never never never never change my mind
Bb
F
Ohh what can I lay for you
E
Ain't nothing better to do
Am Bb C
My momma told me when I was young
F E7
Ohhhh by myself again It'll never end
Am Bb C F
By myself again doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo mmmmm
F
Here in New York
E
In the afternoon
Am
I'm passing the time away
Bb C
In somebody else's room
[Chorus]
F
Ohhhh...
E Am C
Solitude
[Bridge]
G
Every morning when I get up
A tune of that I can reek in my cup
And I wrote it in a sugar bowl
Every morning just to soothe my soul
[Verse 2]
F
In the afternoon
E
In some stranger's room
Am Bb
Wishing that I was dead
[Chorus]
F E Am C
Ooohhhh..... Such solitude oooohhhh
[Verse 3]
F E
It wasn't so bad if I knew what was happening
Am Bb
But my head was full of dope
F
Ahhh... Fooled again by
E
A lot of cocaine... I
Am
Drifted home
C
But
F
What can I do late at night
E
Everything felt uptight now
Am Bb C
I promise myself I'd never lose
F E
In a lonely room
Em D G
I let the blues
Em Eb
When I sung best too soon
G Dbm
It left this room
C
Mmm...
F