“alone again ( naturally ) ” ( capo : 4th . fret )
_____intro : Dmaj7 D6
F#m7 F#m7sus F#m7
Em7 A7b9 D
_____verse : 1

Dmaj7 D6
in a little while from now ,
F#m7 F#m7sus
if i’m not feeling any less sour
Am
i promised myself to treat myself
F#m7b5 B7
and visit a nearby tower ,
Em7
and climbing to the top ,
Em7b5 Gm6
will throw myself off
D daug
in an effort to make it clear to who
D6 C#7
ever what it’s like when your shattered
F#m Am
left standing in the lurch , at a church
B7b9 B7
where people ’re say___ing ,
Em
“my god that’s tough , she stood him up!
Em7b5 Gm6
no point in us remaining .
Dmaj7 D6
we may as well go home . ”
F#m F#m7 B7
as i did on my own ,
Em A#m 5 D
alone again , naturally
_____verse : 2

Dmaj7 D6
to think that only yesterday ,
F#m7 F#m7sus
i was cheerful , bright and gay ,
Am
looking forward to , but who wouldn’t do ,
F#m7b5 B7
the role i was about to play
Em7
but as if to knock me down ,
Em7b5 Gm6 Em7b5
rea__lity came around
D daug
and without so much as a mere touch ,
D6 C#7
cut me into little pieces
F#m
leaving me to doubt ,
Am B7b9 B7
talk about god and his mer___cy
Em
who if he really does exist
Em7b5 Gm6
why did he desert me
Dmaj7 D6
in my hour of need?
F#m F#m7 B7
i truly Am in__deed ,
Em A#m 5 D
alone again , naturally
_____bridge :

F
it seems to me that

there are more hearts
C7 C7/A#
broken in the world
Em7b5
that can’t be mended
A#m 5 F
left unattended
Bm7b5 Amaj7 A9/E A7
what do we do?____what do we do?
_____music : flemenco guitar

Dmaj7 D6 F#m7 F#m7sus F#m7
Am F#m7b5 B7
Em7 Em7b5
D daug D6 C#7
F#m Am B7b9 B7
Em Em7b5 Gm6
Dmaj7 D6 F#m F#m7 B7
Em A#m 5 D
alone again , naturally
_____verse : 3

Dmaj7 D6
now looking back over the years ,
F#m7 F#m7sus
and whatever else that appears
Am
i remember i cried when my father died
F#m7b5 B7
never wishing to hide the tears
Em7
and at sixty five years old ,
Em7b5
my mother , god rest her soul ,
D daug
couldn’t understand , why the only man
D6 C#7
she had ever loved had been taken
F#m Am
leaving her to start with a heart
B7b9 B7
so badly bro___ken
Em
despite encouragement from me
Em7b5 Gm6
no words were ever spoken
Dmaj7 D6
and when she passed away
F#m F#m7 B7
i cried and cried all day
Em A#m 5 D/F# F#m7 B7
alone again , naturally
Em A#m 5 A7 D
alone again , ______naturally