I Dont Want To Be Alone chords

Billy Joel

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Verse 

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She said she'd meet me in the bar at the Plaza Hotel 
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  "Wear a jacket and a tie" 
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"What's the oc-ca-sion?"  She just smiled 
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  And she wouldn't say why 

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So here I am standing, waiting in the lob-by sweating 
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Bullets in this stupid old suit 
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And when she sees me she busts  out laughing, "You're a  
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Sad sight honey, but you look so cute and 

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I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
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Checking you out, I was just making sure 
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No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
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Want you tonight, although you hurt me before." 

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  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
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got when she walked through the door 

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I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
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Want to be alone anymore 

Interlude   

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It's so con-fusing choosing sides in the heat of the mo- 
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  ment just to see if it's real 
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It's so e-ro-tic having 
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You tell me how it should feel        But I'm avoiding all the 

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Hard cold facts that I've got to face,     so ask me 
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Just one question when this magic night is through 
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Could it have been just any-one or did it have to be you 
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                        And will you still be saying 

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I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
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Checking you out, I was just making sure 
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No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
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Want you tonight, although you hurt me before 

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  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
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got when she walked through the door 

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I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
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Want to be alone anymore 

Solo 

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Verse 

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But, don't you know that it's  
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Wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong     But like the song, being 
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Caught by the wink of an eye 
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I can't be sure we'll get a-long 
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But I'm wil-ling to try 
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                        As long as you can tell me 

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I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
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Checking you out, I was just making sure 
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No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
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Want you tonight, although you hurt me before 

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  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
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got when she walked through the door 

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I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
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Want to be alone anymore.