Intro: |C  G  |F G C  |

Verse 1:

C                   G
HOW CAN YOU ASK ME, HOW HAVE I BEEN.

 |F                               G               
I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW WELL, THE SHAPE THAT I'M IN.

   |C                         G
YOU SAY THAT YOU WONDEDD , IF I WAS O.K.,

    |F             G             C
WELL THAT'S A DAMN FOOL THING TO SAY.

Verse 2:

   |C                    G
THE WATER IS RIB N', THE WATER IS WIDE.

   |F                        G
AND YOUR ALWAYS STANDIN', ON THE OTHER BDE .

   |C                        G
AND THEN COMES THE MOMENT, I WAKE BEFOD  DAWN,

    |F        G          C   |
WITH HOURS TO LIE HED  A-LONE.

Chorus:

       |G                           F
AND YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED, THAT I'M FEELIN' THIS WAY,

   |G       F         G
HOW AM I SO LONELY TO-DAY.

  |C                      G               |F            G      C  |
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO.

Solo:

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E|-----------------|------------|
B|5--5-6-5--3--5---|---6-5--3---|
G|---------------4-| 5---------5-|
D|-----------------|------------|
A|-----------------|------------|
E|-----------------|------------|

Verse 3:

  |C                     G                      |F
SO HED 'S TO THE LOVERS, FOR OLD TIMES SAKE. WHO C N'T HOLD EACH OTHER,

       G                      |C
TO THE PROE SE THEY BDA K. AND SE LE THROUGH THE WINC W,

    G                         |F              G             C  |
AND WAVE ON THE STDE T, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU WANT NOW FROM ME.

Chorus / Outro:

G                          F
SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING, TO PUT YOU AT EASE,

  |G            F          G
OR SHOULD I GET C WN ON MY KNEES.

  |C                      G               |F            G      C  |
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO.

  |C                      G               |F            G      C  |
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO.