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Lonely Ol' Night chords by John Mellencamp

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Intro 1

Verse 1

She calls me up and says baby

it's a lonely ol' night

I don't know I'm just so scared

and lonely all at the same time

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Pre-chorus 1

Nobody told us it was

gonna work out this way

No, no, no, no, no

I guess they knew we'd work it out

in our own way

Chorus 1
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 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
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 (D major) Can I put my arms  (A major) around you
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 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
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 (E major) Custom made for  (A major) two lonely people
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like me  (E major) and you  (A major) 

Verse 2
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 (E major) Radio playing  (A major) softly
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some singer's sad  (E major) sad song
He's singing about standing
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in the  (A major) shadows of love
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I guess he feels  (E major) awfully alone

Pre-chorus 2
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 (A major) She says I know exact (D major) ly what he means  (A major) 
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Yeah, yeah,  (D major) yeah, yeah, yeah
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 (E major) And it's a sad, sad, sad,  (A major) sad feeling
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When you're living on  (E major) those in-betweens
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But it's okay  (A major) 

Chorus 2
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 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
D 
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 (D major) Can I put my arms  (A major) around you
D 
A 
 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
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A 
 (E major) Custom made for  (A major) two lonely people
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like me  (E major) and you

Interlude 1
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (A major)  (A major)  (A major)  (A major) 
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 (E major)  (E major)  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Bridge 1
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 (E major) She calls me Baby  (A major) 
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She calls everybody Ba (E major) by  (A major) 
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 (E major) It's a lonely ol'  (A major) night
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but ain't they all  (E major)  (A major) 
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 (E major)  (A major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Chorus 3
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A 
 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) Can I put my arms  (A major) around you
D 
A 
 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
E 
A 
 (E major) Custom made for  (A major) two lonely people
E 
A 
like me  (E major) and you  (A major) 

Chorus 4
D 
A 
 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
D 
A 
 (D major) Can I put my arms  (A major) around you
D 
A 
 (D major) It's a lonely ol' night  (A major) 
E 
A 
 (E major) Custom made for  (A major) two lonely people
E 
A 
like me  (E major) and you  (A major) 
E 
A 
Yeah, like me  (E major) and you  (A major) 
E 
A 
Yeah, like me  (E major) and you  (A major) 
A 
E 
 (A major)  (E major) 

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Lonely Ol' Night

John Mellencamp

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