Once You've Learned To Be Lonely

Capo 1st Fret

Intro: A  E  B


Verse 1:

A
You're asking me to open up


I'm tryin' my best to give enough

   E
To keep this love alive

   A
It wouldn't be so hard for me to do

                                 E          B
If it hadn't have been for all my heart's been through


Chorus:

E
But once you've learned to be lonely

                               A
And lonely is the only thing you've known

             E
It begins to feel like home

                  B
It becomes your comfort zone

            E
Once you've learned to be without someone

                                 A
And settle for the silence of an empty room

      E
Oh,it changes you

          B
There's a lot you have to undo

                         E
Once you've learned to be lonely


Verse 2:

A
It becomes a habit of the heart


To be afraid to even start

   E
To try and love again

A
I want to give you myself to you

                                  E                    B
But I've been alone so long that I'm scared, scared to move


Repeat Chorus


Bridge:

A                                E
I've built walls but I feel them falling down

A                           B
Touch by touch your love is my way out


Repeat Chorus

        B
There's a lot you have to undo

                        E
Once you've learned to be lonely