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Have You Ever Been Lonely

Bobby Vinton

RockAdvanced for beginners13 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×○○
E7○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
E○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
A7×○○○
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
D××○
B7Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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A        E7   A    Cdim    A    
Have you ever been lonely 
         F#7  Edim  E7 
Have you ever been blue 
E7      Edim  E    E7/9   E7        Fdim    A  A7M  A7 
Have you ever loved some  one just as I love you 
          G/B A7   D   D             Fdim   D  A 
Can't you see I'm sorry for each mistake I've made 
        Fdim        E           B7           
Can't you see I've changed, dear 
         E    E7M   E7 
Can't you see I've paid 
A     E7     A Cdim A            F#7    Edim  E7 
Be a little forgiving,  take me back in your heart 
E7     Edim    E  E7/9 E7          Cdim    F#7 
How can  I  go on living  now that we're apart 
   Fdim  D       D7M        Bm5-/7   E7   
If you knew what I've been through 
       A       C#m5-/7     F#7 
You would know why   I    ask you 
        Edim         E    E7 Bm5-/7      
Have you ever been lonely         
     E    E7    A     D9  A 
Have you ever been blue  
 
Interlude: A E7 A Cdim A F#7  Edim E7 Edim E E7/9 E7 Fdim A A7M A7 G/B A7 D Fdim D A Fdim E B7 E E7M E7 
 
Fdim  D       D7M        Bm5-/7   E7  
If you knew what I've been through 
        A       C#m5-/7     F#7 
You would know why   I    ask you 
        Edim         E    E7 Bm5-/7   
Have you ever been lonely         
      E    E7    A     D9  A 
Have you ever been blue

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Chord set

A · E7 · Cdim · F#7 · Edim · E · Fdim · A7 · G · B · D · B7 · D9

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.