Youre Only Lonely Chords

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Youre Only Lonely by Souther J D is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			You're Only Lonely 
From the same titled album 
By John David Souther 
 
Capo on 2cd fret 
 
G Em C D (2x) 
 
G                               Em 
When the world is ready to fall on your little shoulders 
C                                                                    G 
And when you're feeling lonely and small, you need somebody there to hold you 
Em                  C    D                G 
You can call out my name when you're only lonely 
Em                     C      D                G 
Now don't you ever be ashamed when you're only lonely 
 
When you need somebody around on the nights that try you 
I was there when you were a queen and I'll be the last one there beside you 
So you can call out my name when you're only lonely 
Now don't you ever be ashamed when you're only lonely 
 
Ooh, when the world is ready to fall on your little shoulders 
And when you're feeling lonely and small, you need somebody there to hold you 
So don't you ever be ashamed when you're only lonely 
You can call out my name when you're only lonely 
When you're only lonely when you're only lonely 
Oooh, its no crime, darling we got lots of time 
Whooah, whooah 
There's nothing wrong with you, darling I get lonely, too 
Only Lonely, only lonely 
So if you need me, all you have to do is call me 
 
 
--The second and third verses follow the same chrd progression as the 
first.  The ending choruses are G Em C D over and over.  If you listen to 
the song you can hear these piano rolls at the chord changes and you can 
imitate those a little with walkdowns (at the G to F# to Em, for example).    
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante