If I Have To Be Alone chords by Todd Rundgren

Intro
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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

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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
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And your bleeding heart friends say, "isn't it sad? "
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Then they all go make love
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While you go insane. insane!
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It drives you mad! mad!

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My mind, I love my mind
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And if no one can feel the same
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I'm a computer with a name
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And I've got no one else to blame
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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
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And if they fail to see the me I see
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Then no one else knows truly what it means to be alone

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

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My heart, my burning heart
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And if no one will quench the flame
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I'm not obliged to do the same
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And then they'll have to share the blame
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Because I have to be alone
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Because I have to be alone
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But I don't want to be alone

Outro
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