If Only You Were Lonely Chords
by Replacements
If Only You Were Lonely by Replacements is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G7, C, D, D7, A7, Am, Bm, C2, E and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Here's the intro, tabbed out for your pleasure: vocal------------------------------------------------>well i walked ---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-3-3-2----3-3--0-0-3-3-----2-2-2---------3--| ---------1-1-1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3-3--0-0--1-1-0-0-----1-1-1---------0--| ---------0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2--0-0--0-0-0-0-----2-2-2---------0--| ---------2-2-0-0-2-2--0-----------0-0--2-2-0-0-----0-0-0---------0--| ---0--3--3(ring)------------------2-2--3-3-2-2-------------------2--| -3--------------------------------3-3------3-3-------------------3--| LEAD GUITAR --------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------3-2--0---0-------| -----------------------------------------------2-0--------2---0-----| --------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------3--| My rhythm tabbing is that of a child. But you all know the rhythm, you just need to know where to put yr fingers! Now let's get together all the chords we're gonna use on this mother: G G7 C D D7 A7 Am Bm C2* E -3--1--0---2--2--0--0-----2----3----0----------------------------------------| -0--0--1---3--1--2--1-----3----5----0----------------------------------------| -0--0--0---2--2--0--2-----4----5----1----------------------------------------| -0--0--2---0--0--2--2-----4----5----2----------------------------------------| -2--2--3---------0--0-----2----3----2----------------------------------------| -3--3--x----------------------------0----------------------------------------| There's no real musical difference between C and C2, they're both a C chord. I denotated that second C (played as a bar chord: bar your first finger across the third fret, yr second takes the D-B strings at the 5th) as such so you'd know when to play it - it's only played during the Chorus. A word on the rhythms: very country and western stylin', where you're hitting the chords, but it's "chunky", or sloppy. An illuminating (and transcribable, by me anyway) example of this is how Paul plays the Chorus: