Alone Again (Naturally) was written by Irish singer-songwriter, Gilbert O'Sullivan. The single was released Feb 18, 1972 in the UK, and May 1972 in the US.
Level Of Ease: Intermediate - there are some pretty testing chords in this song. If you are a beginner and feel comfortable with the essential open chords, learn how to play barre chords and re-visit this song. Calculations and formulas of the less common chords can be found below.
Capo: 1st fret if playing with the video.
Alone Again (Naturally)
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F F6 Dsus2 Dm Gm9 C7 F
Intro: 4/4 ‖ – | – | – | ‖
Fmaj7 F6 Am
1. In a lit-tle while from now If I’m not feel-ing an-y less sour
Am7b5 D7
I prom-ise my-self To treat myself And vi-sit a near-by to-wer
Gm7 Gm7b5
And climb-ing to the top To throw my-self off
F Faug
In an ef-fort to make it clear to who-e-ver
F6 Bm7b5 E7
What it’s like when you’re shat - tered
Am Am7b5 D7b9 D7
Left stand-ing in the lurch At a church where peop-le say - ing
Gm Gm7b5
“My God that’s tough She stood him up No point in us re-main-ing
Fmaj7 F6 Am D7
We may as well go home” As I did on my own
Gm C7b9 F
A-lone a-gain Nat-ur-al-ly
Fmaj7 F6 Am
2. To think that on-ly yes-ter-day I was cheer-ful bright and gay
Am7b5 D7
Look-ing for-ward to Would-n’t do? The role I was a-bout to play
Gm7 Gm7b5
But as if to knock me down Re-al-i-ty came a-round
F Faug
And with-out so much As a mere touch
F6 Bm7b5 E7
Threw me in-to lit-tle piec - es
Am Am7b5 D7b9 D7
Leav-ing me to doubt Talk a-bout God in his mer - cy
Gm Gm7b5
Who if He rea-lly does ex-ist Why did He de-sert me
Fmaj7 F6 Am D7
In my hour of need I tru-ly am in-deed
Gm C7b9 F
A-lone a-gain Nat-ur-al-ly
Ab
Bridge: It seems to me that there are more hearts
Eb7 Gm7b5 C7
Bro-ken in the world that can’t be | mend-ed - |
Ab Dm7b5
Left un- at - | tend-ed - |
C/G Gm7 C7
What do we do? What do we | do? - |
Fmaj7 F6 Am Am7b5 Am7b5 D7 Gm7 Gm7b5
Instr: | – | | | – | | |
F Faug F6 Bm7b5 E7
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Am Am7b5 D7 Gm Gm7b5 Fmaj7 F6 Am D7
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Gm C7b9 F
A-lone a-gain Nat-ur-al-ly
Fmaj7 F6 Am
3. Look-ing back ov-er the years And what-ev-er else that ap-pears
Am7b5 D7
I re-mem-ber I cried when my father died, never wishing to hide the tears
Gm7 Gm7b5
And at six-ty five years old My Moth-er God rest her soul
F Faug
Could-n’t un-der-stand Why the on-ly man
F6 Bm7b5 E7
She had ev-er loved had been ta - ken
Am Am7b5 D7b9 D7
Leav-ing her to start With a heart so bad-ly brok - en
Gm Gm7b5
Des-pite en-cour-age-ment from me No words were ev-er spok-en
Fmaj7 F6 Am D7
When she pas-sed a-way I cried and cried all day
Gm C7b9 F
A-lone a-gain Nat-ur-al-ly
Gm C7b9 C7 F
A-lone a-gain Nat-ur-al-ly
