[Intro Melody]
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[Intro]
D G G D

[Verse 1]
   D                              G             D
I took the long way home tonight down a lonely route
G                            D
No riders, no company, Just me and the radio
D                                G            D
One by one I watched the miles slowly fall behind
    G                             D
My heart weighing heavy knowing what I wouldn't find
     A                              A
The moon over my shoulder and the stars up in the sky
           Em              A         D
There to remind me what's missing tonight


[Chorus]
G                               D
I don't mind being alone, it's lonely I can't stand
      Em                                D
These empty nights ain't no life for a woman nor a man
      G                                     D
It's been so long since I held or felt the touch of a loving hand
 Em                   A                         D
Being alone ain't so bad, it's lonely I can't stand


[Repeat Intro]
D G G D


[Verse 2]
  D                               G                D
Staring out my window now at the world passing me by
  G                                  D
Trapped here in this darkness doing solitary time
            D                       G              D
Accross the open fields I hear the soulful sad refrain
     G                             D
The high lonesome wailing of some distant midnight train
     A                                 A
The sound of my heart beating and the silence in these rooms
              Em             A         D
They're to remind me what's missing tonight


[Chorus]
G                               D
I don't mind being alone, it's lonely I can't stand
      Em                                D
These empty nights ain't no life for a woman nor a man
      G                                     D
It's been so long since I held or felt the touch of a loving hand
 Em                   A                         D
Being alone ain't so bad, it's lonely I can't stand


[Repeat Intro]
D G G D


[Bridge]
      A                        G    D
It's just another night on the one hand
       Em                      A
On the other, it cuts like a knife


[Chorus]
G                               D
I don't mind being alone, it's lonely I can't stand
      Em                                D
These empty nights ain't no life for a woman nor a man
      G                                     D
It's been so long since I held or felt the touch of a loving hand
 Em                   A                         D
Being alone ain't so bad, it's lonely I can't stand