Alone Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Like the contents of your handbag
You [F]don't know why [Dm]it's there
People [E]ask you where you're
heading
You just [Am]answer "anywhere"
[E]We

[Verse 2]
[Am]don't mean to be this vague
It just [F]happens that we [Dm]are
No- [E]one asked us to elaborate
We just [Am]shrug [E]our shoulders and be
[Am]

[Verse 3]
And like [F]the stories that just
happene[E]d
No- one [F]thought of, no- one [E]planned
We could have [F]ruled,
we could have [E]conquered
Then we [F]could have been [E]a man

[Verse 4]
We could be [F]ex- hus[E]band
We could be [F]ex- wife
[E]But no- one loo[F]ks at the menu
[E]in a gre[F]asy spoon lif[E]e

[Verse 5]
[Am]Alone, [F]alone[Dm]
[E]Half an hour is seven hours
One [Am]day is several m[E]onths
[Am]Alone, [F]alone
A [E]month is a calendar
A [Am]year can be a [E]decade spent
Alone
[Am]

[Verse 6]
He knows "hello" in eighteen languages
"I [F]love you" in only [Dm]one
By the [E]time he's got
his phrase- book
[Am]The chance is usually [E]gone

[Verse 7]
And we [Am]feel ourselves quite prepared
[F]But quite prepared for [Dm]what
[F]We alw[E]ays took the lead
Before we [Am]actually knew [E]the plot
[Am]

[Verse 8]
And you can tell [F]where
we've been shopping
[E]By the bag[F]s beneath our[E] eyes
[F]Make- up shoulders [E]burden
[F]But the smile never [E]lies

[Verse 9]
We could be [F]ex- hus[E]band
We could be [F]ex- [E]wife
But no- one [F]looks at the menu
[E]in a gre[F]asy spoon lif[E]e

[Verse 10]
[Am]Alone, [F]alone[Dm]
[E]Half an hour is seven hours
One [Am]day is several m[E]onths
[Am]Alone, [F]alone[Dm]
A [E]month is a calendar
A [Am]year can be a [E]decade spent
Alone
[Am]

[Verse 11]
So empty at the airport
You [F]don't set off the door[Dm]s
We [E]used to feel like chorus girls
And now we [Am]feel like [E]whores

[Verse 12]
[Am]Hearts built like reservoirs
[F]Words [Dm]built like dams
[F]Tho[E]ughts built like juggernauts
Our [Am]actions built like [E]prams
[Am]

[Verse 13]
And when the [F]wind blows into our [E]face
We should be [F]warmer and not [E]colder
Well, [F]what price the charges
[E]On this car[F]go tha[E]t we shoulder

[Verse 14]
We could be [F]ex- hus[E]band
We could be [F]ex- wife
[E]But no- one loo[F]ks at the menu
[E]in a gre[F]asy spoon lif[E]e

[Verse 15]
[Am]Alone, [F]alone[Dm]
[E]Half an hour is seven hours
One [Am]day is several m[E]onths
[Am]Alone, [F]alone[Dm]
[E]A month is a calendar
A [Am]year can be a [E]decade spent
Alone
[Am]

[Verse 16]
And we only smoke when bored
So we do two [F]packs a day
And we've [E]lost the difference
Between bored [Am]and [E]lonely any[Am]way

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