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
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)