INTRO:
Dum-dum-dum-[A]-dumby-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-[Bm]-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-[D]-oh-wah [E7]
Only the [A] lonely [E7]
Only the [A] lonely [A open]

VERSE 1:
[N.C.] Only the [A] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel to-[Bm]-night
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[E7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know this [D] feeling ain't [A] right
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

BRIDGE 1:
There goes my [break] baby [A]
[N.C.] There goes my heart [A7]
[N.C.] They're gone forever [D]
[N.C.] So far apart [B7] [E7 open]
[N.C.] But only the [A] lonely, Know why [D]
[E7] I cry, only the [A] lonely

REPEAT INTRO:

VERSE 2:
[N.C.] Only the [A] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know the heartaches I've been [Bm] through
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[E7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know I [D] cried and cried for [A] you
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

BRIDGE 2:
Maybe to-[break]-morrow [A]
[N.C.] A new romance [A7]
[N.C.] No more sorrow [D]
[N.C.] But that's the chance [B7] [E7 open]
[N.C.] You gotta take, is your [D] lonely
Heart [E7] breaks, only the [A] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)