G
In a little while from now 
      Bm
If I'm not feeling any less sour
  D7
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              Gmaj7
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
        D7
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 
     D7               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
          Dmaj7
What do we do?
          Am7    D7
What do we do? 

G
Looking back over the years 
    Bm
And whatever else appears
       D7
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 
       D7             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