Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
Baby, baby
It don't have to be this way
(it don't have to be this way)
F
Being alone like this (it don't have
to be this way)
C
It don't have to be this way
F
C
(it don't have to be this way)
F
I need your love and tender kiss
C
Sometimes I get a little
lonely (get lonely)
F
Yeah, just when I need
you (need you most of all)
C
It don't have to be this way (it don't
have to be this way)
Verse 2
C
Boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom
F
Do- do- do- do
The love I have in my heart for you baby
C
It is a true love, yeah (true love,
F
do- do- do- do)
And I believe that everybody
D
Somebody's fooling I know
G
F
C
Yeah, you're my life
My joy, my hope
F
Whenever you need me
C
Sometimes I get a little lonely
Verse 3
C
(Get lonely) Yeah
(get lonely)
Yeah (get lonely)
Yeah (get lonely)
F
You're just what I
need (need most of all)
C
It don't have to be this way
(it don't have to be this way)
F
Yeah, yeah, yeah ooh,
Interlude 1
ooh, ooh, ooh
F
C
F
D
Verse 4
G
F
C
Yeah, you're my joy
My life and my hope
F
Call me if ever you need me
Sometimes, yeah
C
Sometimes I get a little lonely, yeah
Verse 5
C
Get lonely
Yeah
Get lonely
Yeah
Get lonely
F
Just when I need you
(need you most of all)
C
It don't have to be this way (it don't
have to be this way)
F
C
It don't have to be this way
F
(it don't have to be this way)
Come on home to me
C
It don't have to be like this (it don't
F
have to be this way)
C
F
Oh come on home (it don't
have to be this way)
I'm so lonely (it don't have
to be this way)
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ChordsC F D G
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