The Lonely Chords
The Lonely by Christina Perri is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Em, Bm, C, G, Am and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em Bm
2am where do I begin,
C G Am check top
Crying off my face again.
Em Bm
The silent sound of loneliness
C G Am check top
Wants to follow me to bed.
PRE-CHORUS:
C D G Em
I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
C D Em
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.
Em Bm
Dancing slowly in an empty room
C G Am
Can the lonely take the place of you?
Em Bm
I sing myself a quiet lullaby
C G
Let you go and let the lonely in
Am
To take my heart again
Em Bm
Too afraid to go inside
C G Am
For the pain of one more loveless night.
Em Bm
But the loneliness will stay with me
C G Am check top
And hold me til I fall asleep.
PRE-CHORUS:
C D G Em
I'm a ghost of a girl that I want to be most.
C D Em keep holding Em
I'm the shell of a girl that I used to know well.
Em Bm
Dancing slowly in an empty room,
C G Am
Can the lonely take the place of you?
Em Bm
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
C G
Let you go and let the lonely in
Am check top
To take my heart again.
BRIDGE:
G Em
Broken pieces of
G C
A barely breathing story
G Em
Where there once was love
G Em Bm
Now there's only me and the lonely.
FINAL-CHORUS:
Em Bm
Dancing slowly in an empty room,
C G Am
Can the lonely take the place of you?
Em Bm
I sing myself a quiet lullaby.
C G
Let you go and let the lonely in
Am
To take my heart again.