Only The Lonely chords
Roy Orbison 1960 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only_the_Lonely
[F]
Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
[Gm]
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
[Bb] [C7]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
[F] [C7]
Only the lonely
[F]
Only the lonely
[F]
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
[Gm]
Know the way I feel tonight (ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
[C7]
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
[Bb] [F]
Know this feelin ain't right (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
[F]
There goes my baby
[F7]
There goes my heart
[Bb]
They're gone forever
[G7] [C7]
So far apart
[F]
But only the lonely
[Bb]
Know why
[C7]
I cry
[F]
Only the lonely
[F]
Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
[Gm]
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
[Bb] [C7]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
[F] [C7]
Only the lonely
[F]
Only the lonely
[F]
Only the lonely
[Gm]
Know the heartaches I've been through
[C7]
Only the lonely
[Bb] [F]
Know I cried and cried for you
[F]
Maybe tomorrow
[F7]
A new romance
[Bb]
No more sorrow
[G7] [C7]
But that's the chance you gotta take
[Bb] [C7]
If your lonely heart breaks
[F]
Only the lonely
Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
* Alternates:
Capo I
[F] = [E]
[Gm] = [F#m]
[Bb] = [A]
[C7] = [B7]
[G7] = [F#7]
Capo III
[F] = [D]
[Gm] = [Em]
[Bb] = [G]
[C7] = [A7]
[G7] = [E7]
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
[F] = [A]
[Gm] = [Bm]
[Bb] = [D]
[C7] = [E7]
[G7] = [B7]
Set8