INTRO:
Dum-dum-dum-[B]-dumby-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-[C#m]-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-[E]-oh-wah [F#7]
Only the [B] lonely [F#7]
Only the [B] lonely [B open]

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

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

REPEAT INTRO:

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

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