Alone Again (Naturally) chords by Jonathan Coulton

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F#m
Em
A
Am
F#dim
B
Edim
F#aug
C#
Bm
C
Bdim

Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
D 
In
a little while from now
F#m 
If I'm not   feeling any less sour
Am 
I promise myself to treat myself
F#dim 
B 
And visit       a nearby tower

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Verse 2

Edim

And climbing to the top will throw myself off

F#aug

In an effort to make it clear to whoever

What it's like when you're shattered

F#m

Left standing in the lurch at a church

Verse 3
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Am 
B 
Em 
Where people saying, "My God,
that's tough"
"She stood him up"
Edim 
"No point in us remaining"
D 
"We may as well go home"
F#m 
B 
As I     did on my own

Verse 4

Edim

Alone again, naturally

Verse 5

To think that only yesterday

F#m

I was cheerful, bright and gay

Looking forward to who wouldn't do

F#dim

The role I was about to play

Verse 6
Em 
But as if to knock me down
Edim 
Reality    came around
D 
And without so much as
F#aug 
a mere     touch
D 
Bm 
C# 
Cut me into little pieces

Verse 7
F#m 
Leaving me to doubt
F#dim 
B 
Talk about God in His mercy
Em 
Who if  he really does exist
Edim 
Why    did he desert me?
D 
In my hour of need
F#m 
B 
I truly am indeed

Verse 8

Alone again, naturally

Verse 9
D 
It seems to me that there
are more hearts
C 
Edim 
Broken in the world that can't be mended
A 
Left unattended
Bdim 
A 
What do we do? What do we do?

Interlude 1
Em 
A 
D 
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Am 
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B 
Em 
Edim 
D 
F#aug 
Bm 
C# 
F#m 
Am 
B 
Em 
Edim 
D 
F#m 
B 

Verse 10

Edim

Alone again, naturally

Verse 11
Looking back over the years
F#m 
And whatever else that appears
Am 
I remember I cried
when my father died
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B 
Never wishing  to hide the tears

Verse 12
Em 
And at 65 years old
Edim 
My mother, God rest her soul
D 
Couldn't understand
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why the only     man
D 
Bm 
C# 
She had ever loved had been taken

Verse 13
F#m 
Leaving her to start with
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B 
a heart so badly broken
Em 
Despite encouragement from me
Edim 
No words were ever spoken
D 
And when she passed away
F#m 
B 
I cried and cried all day