Alone (Why Must I Be Alone)

Words & Music by Morty Craft & Selma Craft
Recorded by The Shepherd Sisters, 1957 (#18)


  A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9       E  D9 E7/6  E   A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9
Alone        --            why must I  be   a lone?

      E    D9  E7/6  E    A  - AM7       F#m  
I've spent so   ma - ny hours       with you,

D9  Cdim   E  E7    A
How  can I be a -  lone?


  A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9       E  D9 E7/6 E    A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9
Alone        --           why must I dream a - lone?

      E    D9   E7/6   E  A  AM7 F#m  
Our dreams were meant for us to share;

D9 Bm7-5  E7sus4  E7   A       A7
How can I dream   a - lone?


         D       E         A       F#m
There's such a thing as forgiving,

   D9        E    E7  A    A7
So why can't you forgive?

         D       E         A       F#m
There's such a thing as forgetting --

 B7   B7/F#     B7  Cdim     E
Can't  you  forgive and  forget?


  A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9       E  D9 E7/6 E    A  D9  E   A AM7  A  D9
Apart        --           why must we  be  a - part?

      E    D9  E7/6  E     A  - AM7  F#m  
Let's put our hearts to - geth   -    er

D9 Bm7-5  E7sus4  E7   A
And never   be    a - lone.



 
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