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Intro

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v. 1:

In a little while from now

If I'm not feeling any less sour

I promise myself to treat myself

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And visit a nearby tower

And climbing to the top

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To throw myself off

In an effort to make it clear to who-

ever what it's like when you're shattered

Left standing in the lurch

At a church with people saying

"My God, that's tough, she stood him up

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No point in us remaining

We may as well go home"

As I did on my own

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Alone again, naturally

v. 2: To think that only yesterday

I was cheerful bright and gay

Looking forward - who wouldn't do?

The role I was about to play

And as if to knock me down

Reality came around

And without so much as a mere touch

Threw me into little pieces

Leaving me to doubt

Talk about God in his mercy

Who if He really does exist

Why did He desert me

In my hour of need

I truly am indeed

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Alone again, naturally

Bridge

It seems to me that there are more hearts broken in the world

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Than can be mended

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Left unattended

What do we do?

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What do we do?

(nylon-string guitar solo, verse chords)

v. 3: Looking back over the years

And whatever else appears

I remember I cried when my father died

Never wishing to hide my tears

And at sixty-five years old

My mother, God rest her soul

Couldn't understand why the only man

She had ever loved had been taken

Leaving her to start

With a heart so badly broken

Despite encouragement from me

No words were ever spoken

When she passed away

I cried and cried all day

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Alone again naturally

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Alone again... naturally

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers