Only A Lonely Heart Knows Chords
Only A Lonely Heart Knows by Barbara Mandrell is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords G, Cm, Bm, Am7, D7, C, D, Gsus4, A7, E, A, Dm, Esus4, C#m, Bm7 and C#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G - Cm G Cm
G Bm
Life holds no fascination
Am7 Cm
Without you here with me, each hour's eternity
G Bm Am7
And friends are small consolation, talk doesn't ease the pain
Cm D7
The hurt can't be explained
G Bm
Only a lonely heart knows how the memory cuts like a knife
C Am7 D
Since you walked out of my life I'm half crazy day and night
G Bm
And only a lonely heart knows how the heartache, it grows and grows
C Cm
Oh, how long does it take till the heartache goes?
G Gsus4 G Cm G Cm
Only a lonely, only a lonely heart knows
G Bm Am7
Time is a friend and an enemy in time the hurt might end
Cm G Bm
Till then the walls close in I'm so lost, I'm numbed by your leaving me
Am7 Cm D
I sit alone and stare you don't know till you've been there
G Bm
And only a lonely heart knows how the memory cuts like a knife
C A7 D
Since you walked out of my life Im half crazy day and night
G Bm
And only a lonely heart knows how the heartache, it grows and grows
C Cm
Oh, how long does it take till the heartache goes?
Gsus4 D7 E A Cm D
Only a lonely, only a lonely heart knows
Dm
Tell me how long does it take till the heartache goes?
A Dm A Dm
Only a lonely, only a lonely
A Esus4 A C#m D Dm to fade on Bm7, C#m7
Yes, only a lonely, only a lonely heart knows