INTRO:
Dum-dum-dum-[A#]-dumby-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-[Cm]-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-[Eb]-oh-wah [F7]
Only the [A#] lonely [F7]
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-[Cm]-night
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[F7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know this [Eb] 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 [A#7]
[N.C.] They're gone forever [Eb]
[N.C.] So far apart [C7] [F7 open]
[N.C.] But only the [A#] lonely, Know why [Eb]
[F7] 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 [Cm] through
(ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[F7] Only the lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)
Know I [Eb] cried and cried for [A#] you
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)

BRIDGE 2:
Maybe to-[break]-morrow [A#]
[N.C.] A new romance [A#7]
[N.C.] No more sorrow [Eb]
[N.C.] But that's the chance [C7] [F7 open]
[N.C.] You gotta take, is your [Eb] lonely
Heart [F7] breaks, only the [A#] lonely
(dum-dum-dum-dumby-doo-wah)