By Myself chords

Helen Merrill

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  			Intro: Verse:  

    D6     Dm6      Fdim  E7 A       A7M  
The party's over, the game is ended  
    Am7   Cdim D9        Bm5-/7   A     A7M  
The dreams I dreamed went up in smoke  
      D9   Bb7M    Fdim       A7M  
They didn't pan out     as intended   
F#7            B7    Fdim    A  
I should know how to take a joke  

Melody

D6            F#m    B7   D6          F#m7       B7  
I'll go my way by myself; this is the end of romance  
A7     A7/9 A7 D6/9 A D6     D9    Bm5-/7 Fdim A   
I'll go my way  by  myself  love is only  a  dance  
D6                 F#m   B7   D6        F#m7       B7  
Gray clouds in the sky above have put a blot on my fun  
A7      A7/9 A7  D6/9 A    D6  D9    Bm5-/7   Fdim A   
I'll try to  fly high    above for a place in the sun  
F#m7 Cdim       G#7    Em7          G/B  Em7    F#7  
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own  
    D9           Dm   Dm7+ Dm6  A C#m5-/7 F#m  
For no one knows    better than I     myself  
    D9 Bm5-/7  E7/13 Fdim  A  
I'm by      myself     alone  
D6                F#m    B7    D6            F#m7     B7  
I'll go  my  way  by myself  here's how the comedy ends  
A7       A7/9 A7  D6/9 A    D6   D9     Bm5-/7    Fdim   A   
I'll have to     deny    myself love and laughter and friends  
D6            F#m    B7   D6          F#m7         B7  
I'll try to apply myself and teach my heart how to sing  
A7     A7/9 A7 D6/9 A    D6  D9    Bm5-/7   Fdim  A   
I'll go my way  by    myself like a bird on the wing  
F#m7 Cdim       G#7    Em7          G/B  Em7    F#7  
I'll face the unknown, I'll build a world of my own  
    D9           Dm   Dm7+ Dm6  A C#m5-/7 F#m  
For no one knows    better than I     myself  
    D9 Bm5-/7  E7/13 Fdim A  
I'm by      myself     alone