Roy Orbison, Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel) (1960)
^{Key: :[E] (w: Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)}

INTRO:
Dum-dum-dum-[E]-dumby-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-[F#m]-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-[A]-oh-wah [B7]
Only the [E] lonely [B7]
Only the [E] lonely [E open]

VERSE 1:
[N.C.] Only the [E] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel to-[F#m]-night
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[B7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know this [A] feeling ain't [E] right
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

BRIDGE 1:
There goes my [break] baby [E]
[N.C.] There goes my heart [E7]
[N.C.] They're gone forever [A]
[N.C.] So far apart [F#7] [B7 open]
[N.C.] But only the [E] lonely, Know why [A]
[B7] I cry, only the [E] lonely

REPEAT INTRO:

VERSE 2:
[N.C.] Only the [E] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the heartaches I've been [F#m] through
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[B7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know I [A] cried and cried for [E] you
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

BRIDGE 2:
Maybe to-[break]-morrow [E]
[N.C.] A new romance [E7]
[N.C.] No more sorrow [A]
[N.C.] But that's the chance [F#7] [B7 open]
[N.C.] You gotta take, is your [A] lonely
Heart [B7] breaks, only the [E] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)