Key: :[G#] (w: Roy Orbison, Joe Melson)

INTRO:
Dum-dum-dum-[G#]-dumby-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-[A#m]-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-[Db]-oh-wah [D#7]
Only the [G#] lonely [D#7]
Only the [G#] lonely [G# open]

VERSE 1:
[N.C.] Only the [G#] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel to-[A#m]-night
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[D#7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know this [Db] feeling ain't [G#] right
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

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

REPEAT INTRO:

VERSE 2:
[N.C.] Only the [G#] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the heartaches I've been [A#m] through
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[D#7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know I [Db] cried and cried for [G#] you
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

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