Chords for Todd Rundgren- If I Have To Be Alone

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[A] If I have to be _ alone, [B] _
then I [A] should make my mind to you
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After [A] all you've gone along, you're dying long, you might as [B] well spend every moment [A] in between alone
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[A] But if I have to be alone, _ [B] _
[A] then it will be on my own terms
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I [E] can never talk about it, ever show it, even [B] though the world is [E] watching while I [A] squirm alone
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[Db] And your bleeding heart, friends, say [Ab] isn't it _ sad
Then they all go [Eb] make love, oh, you [B] go insane, [Ab] _ _ insane
_ [Db] _ It [Eb] drives you mad, _ _ _ _ _ _ mad, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Ebm] _ [B] mad, mad, I [D] can't _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [B] feel the same
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I'm [B] a computer with a name, _ [Db]
and [A] I got no one else to _ blame
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[A] If I have to be alone, _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ [B] _
[A] if nobody _ _ understands
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The [A] special creature that is me.
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[A] And if they fail to see, for me I see, that no one [B] else knows truly what [A] it means to be alive.
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Maybe [Db] once for life, and you lose [Ab] your will.
Then you let [Eb] down your guard, but they cower [B] in [Ab] fear.
_ [B] In [Db] fear.
It [Eb] makes you _ _ weak. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ [Ebm] By burning, [Bb] _ _
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[B] you quench the flame.
_ [Db] I'm [B] urged to do the _ same.
[Db] And [A] then they'll have to share the blame.
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[A] Because I have to be alone.
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[Gb] Because I have to be [A] alone.
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[E] But I don't want to be alone.
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