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I Dont Want To Be Alone

Billy Joel

RockAdvanced for beginners11 chords

How to play it

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

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AbDiagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G
C×
G7
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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Eb   Ab6   Fm   Ab   Cm   Bb 
 
Verse 
 
Ab             Bb             Cm         Bb 
She said she'd meet me in the bar at the Plaza Hotel 
Ab        Bb           Eb      Bb  Ab 
  "Wear a jacket and a tie" 
                  Bb 
"What's the oc-ca-sion?"  She just smiled 
Cm                     Dm7   G 
  And she wouldn't say why 
 
Ab        Bb           Cm                Bb     
So here I am standing, waiting in the lob-by sweating 
Ab              Bb         Eb      Bb  Ab 
Bullets in this stupid old suit 
             Bb                Cm        Bb 
And when she sees me she busts  out laughing, "You're a  
Ab               Ab/C    Bb 
Sad sight honey, but you look so cute and 
 
Eb                   Bb 
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
Eb                      Bb 
Checking you out, I was just making sure 
Eb                       Bb 
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
Eb                             Bb 
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before." 
 
G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab 
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
Eb                              Dm7 
got when she walked through the door 
 
G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab 
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
Cm         Bb            
Want to be alone anymore 
 
Interlude   
 
Eb   Ab6   Fm   Ab   Cm   Bb 
 
Verse 
 
Ab          Bb              Cm                Bb 
It's so con-fusing choosing sides in the heat of the mo- 
Ab             Bb          Eb      Bb  Ab 
  ment just to see if it's real 
          Bb 
It's so e-ro-tic having 
Cm                            Dm7   G 
You tell me how it should feel        But I'm avoiding all the 
 
Ab        Bb              Cm               Bb     
Hard cold facts that I've got to face,     so ask me 
Ab       Bb                 Eb                     Bb  Ab 
Just one question when this magic night is through 
              Bb            Cm                 Bb 
Could it have been just any-one or did it have to be you 
Ab            Ab/C    Bb 
                        And will you still be saying 
 
Eb                   Bb 
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
Eb                      Bb 
Checking you out, I was just making sure 
Eb                       Bb 
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
Eb                             Bb 
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before 
 
G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab 
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
Eb                              Dm7 
got when she walked through the door 
 
G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab 
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
Cm         Bb             Eb 
Want to be alone anymore 
 
Solo 
 
Ab   Bb   Cm   Bb 
 
Ab   Bb   Eb        Bb  Ab 
Bb   Cm   Dm7 
 
Verse 
 
G 
But, don't you know that it's  
Ab             Bb             Cm                 Bb 
Wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong     But like the song, being 
Ab            Bb          Eb         Bb   Ab 
Caught by the wink of an eye 
           Bb               Cm 
I can't be sure we'll get a-long 
            Bb       
But I'm wil-ling to try 
Ab            Ab/C    Bb 
                        As long as you can tell me 
 
Eb                   Bb 
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was 
Eb                      Bb 
Checking you out, I was just making sure 
Eb                       Bb 
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I  
Eb                             Bb 
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before 
 
G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab 
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for- 
Eb                              Dm7 
got when she walked through the door 
 
G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab 
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't 
Cm         Bb             Eb 
Want to be alone anymore. 
          
 

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Chord set

Eb · Ab6 · Fm · Ab · Cm · Bb · Dm7 · G · C · G7 · B

Practice tip

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