Alone Again Naturally chords by Nina Simone
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I remember this afternoon
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When my sis ter came into the room
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D
She refused to say how my father was
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But I knew he'd be dying soon.
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Verse 2
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And I was oh so glad,
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and it was oh so sad
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That I realized that I despised this
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man I once called father.
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In his hanging on,
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with fingers clutching
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His body now just eighty-eight pounds
pounds
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Blinded eyes still searching
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For some distant dream that had
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faded away at the seams.
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Dying alone, naturally.
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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I was his favourite child,
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I had him a little while
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Just as long as I could play the pi
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ano and smile a little smile
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Just when I needed him most,
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he was already a ghost
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And for all my life there where promises
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and they always have been broken
Verse 4
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Leaving me alone with all my troubles
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Em
Not ever once touching me and saying
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"Daugther, I'll help you get over."
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Now he's fadig away and
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I'm glad to say,
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He's dying at last. Naturally.
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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It's a very sad thing to see that my
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mother with all her heart
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Believes the words that the Bible
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said "Til death do us two part".
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For her that was forever and ay,
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he decided her night and day
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How could some English words so small
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affect someone so strangely?
Verse 6
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Taking her away from us, her soul included
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She might es well be gone with him,
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all the children are excluded.
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Loneliness is hell, I know so well,
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For I'm alone. Naturally.
Interlude 3
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I waited
Verse 7
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three weeks for him to die
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I waited three weeks
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Em
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for him to die
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Every night he was calling
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on me
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I wouldn't go to him.
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I waited three weeks for him
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to die
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Three weeks for him to die.
Interlude 4
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Verse 8
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And after he died, after he died
Every night I went out,
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every night I had a flight.
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It didn't matter who it was with
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'Cos I knew what it was about.
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And if you could read between lines,
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my Dad and I close as flies.
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I loved him then and I loved him still,
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that's why my heart's so broken.
Verse 9
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Leaving me to doubt God
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in His Mercy
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And if He really does exist then
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why does He desert me?
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When he passed away I smoked
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and drank all day,
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Alone. Again. Naturally.
Alone Again Naturally
Nina Simone
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