Lonely School Chords by Tommy Shaw
Tempo:
71.9 bpm
Chords used:
B
C
G
F#
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Bm]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [Bm] Still, you [C] might have caught a glimpse [G] of me as [D] I passed by
[G] These words still hurt to [D] believe
[C] But at the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] I thought [Em] I looked out, [C] it [Em] was near to me
[C] And [D]
[G] though I'd given it all I had [Bm] to give
[C] Still nothing moved, [G] nothing changed, [D] nothing new
[G] I did everything that [Bm] I could do
[C] But now I [Em] [C] [Em] left school
[C] And now I've [Em] left you to know
[E] It's me who was the fool
It [B] was me, [A#m] baby, [A#] I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [F#] have known it all along
It [B] was you [A#m] who was [G#m] always strong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you [G] how
I've changed so many of [Bm] my ways
[G]
[C] I ran, stayed, [G] learned, [D] and prayed
[G] And I'm coming for this [Bm] time to stay
[G]
[C] And you won't run [Em] [C] from graduating
[Em]
[C] Cause I've become [Em] [E] who I thought I was
It [B] was me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] You'd want me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you how
[G] [Bm] At [C] [G]
[Am] [Dm] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] You know I had [Em]
[C] it
I'm back on that [Em] bus, standing in the heat
[E] Everybody loved
[B] me, [F#] baby, I
[G#m] But [B] how [C#m] can I say it's [B] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was me, [A#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you how
[B] It was me, [D#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [G#] have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was you [F#] who was always [G#m] strong
[B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you
[B] [F#] Oh, [G#m] oh, [B] oh
I [C#m] couldn't say it
[E] I [B] couldn't say [F#] it
[B] [F#] [G#m] [B]
[E] [G#] [F#]
[B] [F#] [G#m] [B]
[C#m] [G#m]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [Bm] Still, you [C] might have caught a glimpse [G] of me as [D] I passed by
[G] These words still hurt to [D] believe
[C] But at the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] I thought [Em] I looked out, [C] it [Em] was near to me
[C] And [D]
[G] though I'd given it all I had [Bm] to give
[C] Still nothing moved, [G] nothing changed, [D] nothing new
[G] I did everything that [Bm] I could do
[C] But now I [Em] [C] [Em] left school
[C] And now I've [Em] left you to know
[E] It's me who was the fool
It [B] was me, [A#m] baby, [A#] I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [F#] have known it all along
It [B] was you [A#m] who was [G#m] always strong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you [G] how
I've changed so many of [Bm] my ways
[G]
[C] I ran, stayed, [G] learned, [D] and prayed
[G] And I'm coming for this [Bm] time to stay
[G]
[C] And you won't run [Em] [C] from graduating
[Em]
[C] Cause I've become [Em] [E] who I thought I was
It [B] was me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] You'd want me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you how
[G] [Bm] At [C] [G]
[Am] [Dm] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[Am] the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] You know I had [Em]
[C] it
I'm back on that [Em] bus, standing in the heat
[E] Everybody loved
[B] me, [F#] baby, I
[G#m] But [B] how [C#m] can I say it's [B] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was me, [A#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you how
[B] It was me, [D#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [G#] have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was you [F#] who was always [G#m] strong
[B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you
[B] [F#] Oh, [G#m] oh, [B] oh
I [C#m] couldn't say it
[E] I [B] couldn't say [F#] it
[B] [F#] [G#m] [B]
[E] [G#] [F#]
[B] [F#] [G#m] [B]
[C#m] [G#m]
Key:
B
C
G
F#
Em
B
C
G
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Still, you [C] _ might have caught a glimpse [G] of me as [D] I passed by
[G] These words still hurt to [D] believe _
[C] But at the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] I thought [Em] I looked out, [C] it [Em] was near to me
[C] And _ [D] _
[G] though I'd given it all I had [Bm] to give _ _
[C] _ Still nothing moved, [G] nothing changed, [D] nothing new
[G] I did everything that [Bm] I could do
[C] But now I [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Em] left school
[C] And now I've [Em] left you to know
[E] It's me who was the fool
It [B] was me, [A#m] baby, [A#] I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [F#] have known it all along
It [B] was you [A#m] who was [G#m] always strong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you [G] how
I've changed so many of [Bm] my ways
[G] _
[C] I ran, stayed, [G] learned, [D] and prayed
[G] And I'm coming for this [Bm] time to stay
_ [G]
[C] And you won't run [Em] _ [C] from graduating
[Em] _
[C] Cause I've become [Em] _ [E] who I thought I was
It [B] was me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] You'd want me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
_ [B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you how _
[G] _ [Bm] At _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] You know I had [Em] _
[C] it
I'm back on that [Em] bus, standing in the heat
[E] Everybody loved _
[B] me, [F#] baby, I
[G#m] But _ [B] how [C#m] can I say it's [B] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was me, [A#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you how
[B] It was me, [D#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [G#] have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was you [F#] who was always [G#m] strong
_ [B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you _
[B] _ [F#] Oh, [G#m] oh, [B] oh
I [C#m] couldn't say it
[E] I [B] couldn't say [F#] it _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Still, you [C] _ might have caught a glimpse [G] of me as [D] I passed by
[G] These words still hurt to [D] believe _
[C] But at the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] I thought [Em] I looked out, [C] it [Em] was near to me
[C] And _ [D] _
[G] though I'd given it all I had [Bm] to give _ _
[C] _ Still nothing moved, [G] nothing changed, [D] nothing new
[G] I did everything that [Bm] I could do
[C] But now I [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Em] left school
[C] And now I've [Em] left you to know
[E] It's me who was the fool
It [B] was me, [A#m] baby, [A#] I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [F#] have known it all along
It [B] was you [A#m] who was [G#m] always strong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you [G] how
I've changed so many of [Bm] my ways
[G] _
[C] I ran, stayed, [G] learned, [D] and prayed
[G] And I'm coming for this [Bm] time to stay
_ [G]
[C] And you won't run [Em] _ [C] from graduating
[Em] _
[C] Cause I've become [Em] _ [E] who I thought I was
It [B] was me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] You'd want me, [F#] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
_ [B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[C] I've got to show [D] you how _
[G] _ [Bm] At _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G]
[Am] the time it seemed [Em] so clear to me
[C] You know I had [Em] _
[C] it
I'm back on that [Em] bus, standing in the heat
[E] Everybody loved _
[B] me, [F#] baby, I
[G#m] But _ [B] how [C#m] can I say it's [B] time
You [G#] must have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was me, [A#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] And [E] I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you how
[B] It was me, [D#m] baby, I [G#m] was wrong
[B] But how [C#m] can I say it's [E] time
You must [G#] have known it [F#] all along
[B] It was you [F#] who was always [G#m] strong
_ [B]
[E] And I've got to tell you now
[F#] I've got to show you _
[B] _ [F#] Oh, [G#m] oh, [B] oh
I [C#m] couldn't say it
[E] I [B] couldn't say [F#] it _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [B] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _