Chords for Ursula Rucker - Lonely can be sweet
Tempo:
92.2 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Ab
F
C
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bbm] Please, come sit down.
[Cm] I need to set you straight before [F] we go any further.
I've learned from loneliness [C] that loneliness can be [F] bitter and loneliness can be sweet.
Sure, [Cm] I know I don't need a man to be complete, [Cm] and I also [F] know that what I want and what
I need [Ab] don't always mean.
[Cm] But being alone ain't all that [Ab] bad.
[Db] I've been there and done that.
I'm in the midst of an evolution of myself.
[Ab]
I was [Bbm] tired of the search, [Ab] so I had to sit it on the shelf.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] I had been looking for my cowboy like that girl was in that song.
[Eb] Where have all the cowboys gone?
All my former life.
My once cowboys had gone hoochie hopping and car shopping, riding their [Fm] eagles like wild
horses, on collision courses with their machismo, [C] while I slow slaughtered as their valor and
virtue drowned in [Cm] deep water.
Deep water.
So I decided [Cm] to chill with me for the moment and play my own violins and strike my own [F] candlelight.
[Fm] So every minute is mine.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness [Ab] can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] [Fm]
Are you listening?
You need [Cm] to be completely sure that you're listening.
[Fm]
[Ab] I used to think that the moon's name [Bb] might as well have been lonely.
[Gm] Now I [G] sip my night full, [Ab] like it were blackberry marsala, then lick the excess [Bb] off my lips
so as not [G] to waste one drop of its [Cm] sweetness.
I satisfy my [Eb] wanderlust [Cm] with the wildness of [Eb] the night and the comfort of my soul.
[Cm] I've taken up hedonism as a hobby and have made it harder for the next man to step [Gm] into
my life without a plan for how to please me better than I'm pleased myself.
So if you've come without a plan, [Eb] you make a swift [Cm] retreat, pause.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] My soul's music, [Bb] my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be [Ab] sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life [C] beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness [Cm] can be sweet.
[Bb] [C]
[Fm] Loneliness.
[Cm]
Loneliness.
[Fm] [F]
[Bbm] [Fm]
[Cm] I need to set you straight before [F] we go any further.
I've learned from loneliness [C] that loneliness can be [F] bitter and loneliness can be sweet.
Sure, [Cm] I know I don't need a man to be complete, [Cm] and I also [F] know that what I want and what
I need [Ab] don't always mean.
[Cm] But being alone ain't all that [Ab] bad.
[Db] I've been there and done that.
I'm in the midst of an evolution of myself.
[Ab]
I was [Bbm] tired of the search, [Ab] so I had to sit it on the shelf.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] I had been looking for my cowboy like that girl was in that song.
[Eb] Where have all the cowboys gone?
All my former life.
My once cowboys had gone hoochie hopping and car shopping, riding their [Fm] eagles like wild
horses, on collision courses with their machismo, [C] while I slow slaughtered as their valor and
virtue drowned in [Cm] deep water.
Deep water.
So I decided [Cm] to chill with me for the moment and play my own violins and strike my own [F] candlelight.
[Fm] So every minute is mine.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness [Ab] can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] [Fm]
Are you listening?
You need [Cm] to be completely sure that you're listening.
[Fm]
[Ab] I used to think that the moon's name [Bb] might as well have been lonely.
[Gm] Now I [G] sip my night full, [Ab] like it were blackberry marsala, then lick the excess [Bb] off my lips
so as not [G] to waste one drop of its [Cm] sweetness.
I satisfy my [Eb] wanderlust [Cm] with the wildness of [Eb] the night and the comfort of my soul.
[Cm] I've taken up hedonism as a hobby and have made it harder for the next man to step [Gm] into
my life without a plan for how to please me better than I'm pleased myself.
So if you've come without a plan, [Eb] you make a swift [Cm] retreat, pause.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] My soul's music, [Bb] my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be [Ab] sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life [C] beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness [Cm] can be sweet.
[Bb] [C]
[Fm] Loneliness.
[Cm]
Loneliness.
[Fm] [F]
[Bbm] [Fm]
Key:
Cm
Ab
F
C
Fm
Cm
Ab
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ Please, come sit down.
_ [Cm] _ I need to set you straight before _ [F] we go any further. _ _ _ _
_ _ I've learned from loneliness [C] that loneliness can be [F] bitter and loneliness can be sweet. _
Sure, [Cm] I know I don't need a man to be complete, [Cm] and I also [F] know that what I want and what
I need [Ab] don't always mean.
_ [Cm] But being alone ain't all that [Ab] bad.
_ [Db] _ I've been there and done that.
_ _ I'm in the midst of an evolution of myself.
[Ab]
I was [Bbm] tired of the search, [Ab] so I had to sit it on the shelf.
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
_ [C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] I had been looking for my cowboy like that girl was in that song.
[Eb] Where have all the cowboys gone?
All my former life.
My once cowboys had gone hoochie hopping and car shopping, riding their [Fm] eagles like wild
horses, on collision courses with their machismo, [C] while I slow slaughtered as their valor and
virtue drowned in [Cm] deep water.
_ Deep water.
So I decided [Cm] to chill with me for the moment and play my own violins and strike my own [F] candlelight.
[Fm] So every minute is mine. _
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness [Ab] can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Are _ you listening?
You need _ [Cm] _ _ _ to be completely sure that you're listening.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ I used to think that the moon's name [Bb] might as well have been lonely.
_ [Gm] Now I [G] sip my night full, [Ab] like it were blackberry marsala, then lick the excess [Bb] off my lips
so as not [G] to waste one drop of its [Cm] sweetness.
_ I satisfy my [Eb] wanderlust [Cm] with the wildness of [Eb] the night and the comfort of my soul.
[Cm] I've taken up hedonism as a hobby and have made it harder for the next man to step [Gm] into
my life without a plan for how to please me better than I'm pleased myself.
_ So if you've come without a plan, [Eb] you make a swift [Cm] retreat, pause. _
_ [Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] My soul's music, [Bb] my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be [Ab] sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life [C] beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness [Cm] can be sweet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] Loneliness.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Loneliness.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ Please, come sit down.
_ [Cm] _ I need to set you straight before _ [F] we go any further. _ _ _ _
_ _ I've learned from loneliness [C] that loneliness can be [F] bitter and loneliness can be sweet. _
Sure, [Cm] I know I don't need a man to be complete, [Cm] and I also [F] know that what I want and what
I need [Ab] don't always mean.
_ [Cm] But being alone ain't all that [Ab] bad.
_ [Db] _ I've been there and done that.
_ _ I'm in the midst of an evolution of myself.
[Ab]
I was [Bbm] tired of the search, [Ab] so I had to sit it on the shelf.
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
_ [C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] I had been looking for my cowboy like that girl was in that song.
[Eb] Where have all the cowboys gone?
All my former life.
My once cowboys had gone hoochie hopping and car shopping, riding their [Fm] eagles like wild
horses, on collision courses with their machismo, [C] while I slow slaughtered as their valor and
virtue drowned in [Cm] deep water.
_ Deep water.
So I decided [Cm] to chill with me for the moment and play my own violins and strike my own [F] candlelight.
[Fm] So every minute is mine. _
_ [Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness [Ab] can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[F] My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm]
Are _ you listening?
You need _ [Cm] _ _ _ to be completely sure that you're listening.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ I used to think that the moon's name [Bb] might as well have been lonely.
_ [Gm] Now I [G] sip my night full, [Ab] like it were blackberry marsala, then lick the excess [Bb] off my lips
so as not [G] to waste one drop of its [Cm] sweetness.
_ I satisfy my [Eb] wanderlust [Cm] with the wildness of [Eb] the night and the comfort of my soul.
[Cm] I've taken up hedonism as a hobby and have made it harder for the next man to step [Gm] into
my life without a plan for how to please me better than I'm pleased myself.
_ So if you've come without a plan, [Eb] you make a swift [Cm] retreat, pause. _
_ [Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] My soul's music, [Bb] my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be [Ab] sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life beat.
[Eb] Loneliness can be sweet.
[Ab] Loneliness can be sweet.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Bb] My soul's music, my life [C] beat.
Loneliness can be sweet.
[Cm] Loneliness can be sweet.
[C] Loneliness can be sweet.
My soul's music, my life beat.
Loneliness [Cm] can be sweet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Fm] Loneliness.
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ Loneliness.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _