Chords for Janis Ian Lonely One 1968

_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ You [Bbm] _ _ _ get your love [Db] from dogs and cats, see if _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] they're _ animals.
_ Love [Ab] is good, [Bbm] _
_ [Ab] you haven't got a girl. _
[Db] You're scared of the world, no you don't.
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Yes, you read all _
[Ab] the _ overgrown books.
_ [Gm] _
You have _ _ [Ab] _ intellectual _ locus, _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ [Db] it's _ _ [Ab] _ good [Bb] just to _ _ [F] cover. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ You make me _ feel I'm [Db] the only _ _ one.
Know that [Gb] you're [Fm] not _ real, [Ab] _ only one. _
_ [Gb] _ Turn down thumbs [Bbm] on the world.
_ _ And [Ab] you say you're an artist with [Db] a tormented _ soul.
You're a hero, [Fm] _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] sour grapes come here.
_ _ You say you [Eb] never really _ [F] cared, [Ab] ah, _ don't you see?
_ _ [Db] Just like him and me.
Ah, but you're a [Fm] pillar of _ [Bbm] decency. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ And you are good, [Bbm] _
you are the big brother [Eb] said he should.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] They need a boss, _ _ _ somebody's _ _ [Ab] _ _
onto the cross now.
Don't you [Bbm] like being [Fm] _ somebody's [Db] punishment?
[Ab] _ It makes you [Bb] feel me [Fm] the _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _
only one.
_ _ [Gb] You [Ab] make me feel [Db] I'm the only one.
Know that [Gb] you're [Fm] not real, [Ab] _ only one.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ Turn down thumbs on [Ebm] the world. _ _ _
[Ab] _ Though you're lonely, [Db] you say it will pass.
Ah, you've got your [Fm] books, your dog, and [Bbm] all of your_ _
_ [Eb] It wouldn't be so _ [Bbm] bad _ if that _ [Eb] weren't_
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] You've never seen the [Db] lady _ love.
_ _ Lonely [Fm] one, don't you [Bbm] wish you had _ [Eb] been a four-star general?
[Bbm] _ _ _
_ Just like [Eb] Captain America.
_ [Gm] You go to bed each night, [Ab] your arms wrapped around a pillow. _ _
[Gm] Dreaming of becoming [Ab] _ _
tomorrow's superhero.
_ [Bbm] Rose-colored [Fm] _
glasses, [Db] I wish [Ab] you had them, at least [Bb] you would see me.
_ _ _ Lonely _ _ [Db] _
_ one, _ you [Gb] make me [Ab] feel I'm [Db] the only one.
Know [Gb] that you're [Fm] not real, [Ab] _ _ only one. _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ Turn down thumbs [Ebm] on the world.
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _