Shadow Of A Lonely Man chords by The Alan Parsons Project

Chords with lyrics

I charted this on piano, as originally performed, so it may not be easily conducive to guitar.
Nonetheless, even on piano it was quite a difficult song - there's a lot of unusual chords.

[Intro]
Am/F G/F G/EG/E
A minorAm Em/GEm/G F6F6 Fm/Ab C/GC/G Cm/Eb G/DG/D G minorGm D/AD/A F/GF/G G+G
FF G/F  G/EG/E  A minorAm  Em/GEm/G Cm/Ab Ab/F  Cmaj7Cmaj7

[Verse 1]
Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am6/C  (x4)

Cmaj7Cmaj7   Am6/C
Look at me now
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    Am6/C     Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C
A augmentedA shadow of the man I used to be
Cmaj7Cmaj7     Am6/C
Look through my eyes
   Cmaj7Cmaj7        Am6/C      Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C
And through the years of loneliness you'll see

Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C

[Bridge 1]
    Dm/C
To the times in my life
Dm/A  Gm7Gm7   C7/Bb  C/AC/A      DmDm
When I could not bear to lose a simple game
     Bm-5
And the least of it all
     G7G7  G7/B   C majorC  Bm7Bm7 E7E7
Was the fortune and the fame
     A minorAm       G/C    D7/Gb  D7/A   G+G
But the dream seemed to end just as soon as it had begun
G/F    E7E7
Was I to know?
     A minorAm      G/C    D7/Gb  D7/A
For the last thing of all that was on my mind
     G+G     G/F     E7E7
Was the close at the end of the show

[Chorus 1]
         Em/C  Cm6/Eb      G+G Bm7Bm7
The shadow of a lonely man feels nobody else
     E7E7     Em/C       Cm6/Eb
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man
      G+G  Bm7Bm7 E7E7 Cm6/Eb G+G Cm6/Eb G+G
I can see myself

[Verse 2]
Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C  (x2)

Cmaj7Cmaj7      Am6/C  Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am6/C
(Looking out of nowhere)

Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am6/C  (x2)

Cmaj7Cmaj7      Am6/C  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am6/C
(Looking out of nowhere)

[Bridge 2]
    Dm/C     Dm/A      Gm7Gm7  Am/Bb  C/AC/A
But the sound of the crowds when they come to see me now
      DmDm
Is not the same
    Bm-5         G7G7  G7/B    C majorC Bm7Bm7 E7E7
And the jest of it all is I can't recall my name
    A minorAm     G/C    D7/Bb   D7/A  G+G  G/F
But I cling to a hope till I can't hold on anymore,
  E7E7      A minorAm     G/C    D7/Gb D7/A
Anymore. And for all the acclaim, I am all alone
    G+G    G/F        E7E7
And I see as I look through the door

[Chorus 2]
         Em/C  Cm6/Eb       G+G  Bm7Bm7
The shadow of a lonely man there’s nobody else
     E7E7     Em/C      Cm6/Eb
In the shadow of a lonely, lonely man
      G+G  Bm7Bm7 Cm6/Eb G+G
I can see myself

Cmaj7Cmaj7   Am6/C
Look at me now
  Cmaj7Cmaj7    Am6/C     E MajorE