G
In a little while from now
      Bm
If I'm not feeling any less sour
  Dm
I promise myself to treat myself
    Bm             E7
And visit a nearby tower

    Am
And climbing to the top
   Cm
To throw myself off
      G                 G
In an effort to make it clear to whoever
 G6
What it's like when you're
F#7
Shattered

     Bm7
Left standing in the lurch
     D7                 E7
At a church with people saying
     Am
"My God, that's tough, she stood him up
   Cm
No point in us remaining

   G              G7M
We may as well go home"
   Bm7         E7
As I did on my own
   Am         D7    G
Alone again, naturally

G
To think that only yesterday
      Bm
I was cheerful bright and gay
        Dm
Looking forward - who wouldn't do?
    Bm                 E7
The role I was about to play

       Am
And as if to knock me down
Cm
Reality came arouGnd
      G                 G
And without so much as a mere touch
         G6          F#7
Threw me into little pieces

    Bm7
Leaving me to doubt
     Dm               E7
Talk about God in his mercy
    Am
Who if He really does exist
Cm
Why did He desert me
G
In my hour of need
   Bm7     E7
I truly am indeed
Am          D7      G
Alone again, naturally

   Bb
It seems to me that there are more hearts
F                              Cm       D7
Broken in the world than can be mended
        Bb
Left unattended
          D7M
What do we do?
          Am7    D7
What do we do?

G
Looking back over the years
    Bm
And whatever else appears
       Dm
I remember I cried when my father died
      Bm7             E7
Never wishing to hide my tears

Am
And at sixty-five years old
Cm
My mother, God rest her soul
G                          G
Couldn't understand why the only man
         G6                 F#7
She had ever loved had been taken

   Bm7
Leaving her to start
       Dm             E7
With a heart so badly broken
    Am
Despite encouragement from me
    Cm
No words were ever spoken
G                      Bm7             E7
When she passed away I cried and cried all day
Am          D7     G   Bm
Alone again, Naturally
Am          D7     G
Alone again, Naturally