Solitaire chords by Janis Ian

SimplifiedEm · C · G · D · C#dim

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Em
C
G
D
C#dim

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Play your solitaire
C 
Em 
in  (C major) solitary room (E minor) s
Time out from Elliott to rest your head
Did Robert Frost mean suicide,
C 
Em 
you  (C major) ask a friend?  (E minor) 
Wash your hair before
C 
you go to bed  (C major) 
G 
D 
Em 
 (G major) Reading Nietz (D major) sche in the dark,  (E minor) 
Superman without the spark,
C#dim 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (C sharpdim)  (E minor) lonely  (C major) heart  (E minor) 
You count your friends
as many
C 
Em 
below the num (C major) ber two  (E minor) 
You throw small parties
attended by a few
And spend the evening
criticizing all you do
As if your being honest
meant your being true
G 
D 
Still it's  (G major) better to  (D major) wound a friend
Em 
 (E minor) Someone who'll understand,
C#dim 
Em 
someone who can defend  (C sharpdim)  (E minor) 
C 
 (C major) Lonely man
Em 
 (E minor) The window's shut, admits no perfume
Your bed is empty,
occupied by only you
Who plays in solitary,
in solitary rooms
Do you think poets really wrote for you?
G 
D 
 (G major) Death cannot en (D major) ter
Em 
through the  (E minor) win dow
And life is left behind
C#dim 
Em 
C 
Because  (C sharpdim) there     (E minor) is  no  (C major) time,
Em 
Lonely mind, solitaire.  (E minor) 