Only The Lonely

Words & Music by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1958


Em    Am7 Em D9 BbM7     Dm6 E7-9      E7
Each place I go, on - ly the lone - ly go;

C    G/B  Am7 G    G/F#    Bm7-5  E7
Some ver - y small     ca - fe.

Em   Am7  B7 Em  B+ Em7 Em6          B7       B7/A* 
The songs I know,       on - ly the lone - ly know;

Am7  G    D9   G   G/F#
Each mel - o - dy

     E7    D9  G         D7   Gdim
Re - calls a love that used to be.


    Cdim      D9   BbM7     Dm6 E7-9      E7
The dreams I dream, on - ly the lone - ly dream,

C  G/B Am7  G   G/F#  Bm7-5  E7
Of lips as warm     as May.

Em   Am7    B7    Em  B+ Em7 Em6          B7       B7/A*
That hope - less scheme      on - ly the lone - ly scheme,

Am7   G    D9      G   G/F#
That soon, some - where,

        E7   D9  G        D7     Gdim 
You'll find the one that used to care,

    Cdim   E7   CM7       Bm7
And you'll re - call each fun time.

Edim   C         C/B     Am7        Am7/G    GM7
Those pic - nics at the beach, when love was new,

  F#7    G    Dm7  E7     Am7 Am+7
It well could be      the one time

  A7         A7/6        D7        Em7   A7    D7
A hope - less lit - tle dream like that comes true.

Cdim Am7  D7  E7/9  Em7/9 Gdim Em7-9 Fdim       E
 If  you find love, hang   on   to   each ca - ress,

Am7  G    D9  G  Bm7-5 E7-9  E7
And nev - er let love   go;

Em  Fdim B7    Em           Am  Em  A7/9         B7
For when it's gone, you'll know the lone - li - ness,

Am7   G      D9   G   G/F#     Am7  Cdim D7   G
The heart - break on - ly the lone - ly     know.


*The B7/A in line 3 of each verse is a basic B7 chord with the A string played open (x01202) and is probably used nowhere else in this collection.

A huge THANK YOU to JNR from Brazil (jr_76@ig.com.br) for both the suggestion, and for providing the audio source that I used as a basis for this transcription.



 
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