Lonely Ain't Easy Chords

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Lonely Ain't Easy by American Aquarium is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verse 
Em                            C     G 
The only thing certain is we end up alone 
Em                           C          G 
To pick up the pieces of our once-happy home 
Em                           C         G 
She took all my records, the hits, the unknowns 
D                Em 
She took all the Beatles 
D                Em 
She took all the Eagles 
D                G 
She took all the Stones 

C            G 
Lonely ain't easy 
C            G 
Lonely ain't kind 
C            G 
Lonely won't leave me 
D                      G 
She's a good friend of mine 

Verse 
Em                         C             G 
Nine years of my life that I'll never get back 
Em 
Aint it funny how the good times 
C                  G 
Never outweigh the bad? 
Em                                       C           G 
That diamond couldn't cut through all the problems we had 
D            Em 
I was always gone 
D            Em 
She was all alone 
D                  G 
What chance did we have? 

C            G 
Lonely ain't easy 
C            G 
Lonely ain't kind 
C            G 
Lonely won't leave me 
D                      G 
She's a good friend of mine 

Verse 
Em                      C            G 
Now I follow the rules, and I play my part 
Em                     C      G 
All I got left is this Tin-Man heart 
Em                           C            G 
No matter how hard I try, it wont seem to start 
D                         Em 
She said, I'll always love you,?� 
D                         Em 
She said, I'll never leave you 
D               G 
??Til death do us part. 

C           G 
Lonely aint easy 
C           G 
Lonely ain't kind 
C                G 
Lonely won't leave me 
D                           G 
Cause she's a good friend of mine 

Outro 
C                G 
Shes there every morning 
C                G 
She's in bed when I get home 
C                G            D        Em 
Sometimes I wish lonely would leave me alone 
D        Em 
Leave me alone 
D        G 
Leave me alone 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante