If I Have To Be Alone chords by Todd Rundgren

Chords with lyrics

Intro
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F/GF/G FF

verse 1
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If I have to be alone
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Then I should make my mind serene
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After all you're born alone, you die alone
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You might as well spend every moment in between alone

F/GF/G    FF
But if I have to be alone
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Then it will be on my own terms
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I can never talk about it, ever show it
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Even though the world is watching while I squirm alone

Pre-Chorus 1
          A augmentedA            G+G
And your bleeding heart friends say, "isn't it sad? "
            B5B5
Then they all go make love
        G+G    A augmentedA
While you go insane. insane!
       B5B5  B5/G
It drives you mad! mad!

  B5B5 A augmentedA   G+G G/F# E minorEm A augmentedA
My mind, I love my mind
      G+G
And if no one can feel the same
G/AG/A   G+G
I'm a computer with a name
G/F     FF
And I've got no one else to blame
F/GF/G  FF
If I have to be alone

verse 2
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And if nobody understands
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That special creature that is me
F/GF/G      FF
And if they fail to see the me I see
            F/GF/G          FF
Then no one else knows truly what it means to be alone

Pre-Chorus 2
        A augmentedA           G+G
Maybe once a lifetime you lose your will
              B5B5
Then you can let down your guard
          G+G    A augmentedA
But they cower in fear. in fear
       B5B5  B5/G
It makes you ill! Ill!

  B5B5 A augmentedA  G+G G/F# E minorEm A augmentedA
My heart, my burning heart
      G+G
And if no one will quench the flame
G/AG/A    G+G
I'm not obliged to do the same
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And then they'll have to share the blame
F/GF/G    FF
Because I have to be alone
F/GF/G    FF
Because I have to be alone
F/GF/G     FF
But I don't want to be alone

Outro
F/GF/G FF
F/GF/G FF
F/GF/G FF
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