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When You're Alone

Bruce Springsteen

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

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

F
BbDiagram coming soon
C×
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Dm××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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F                        Bb         F 
Times were tough love was not enough 
                                  C    F 
So you said sorry Johnny I'm gone gone gone 
 
You said my act was funny 
           Bb         F 
But we both knew what was missing honey 
               C        Bb 
So you let out on your own 
                             F 
Now that pretty form that you've got baby 
Bb                    C    F 
Will make sure you get along 
    Bb                     C       F 
But you're gonna find our someday honey 
 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                              C         F   C 
When You're alone you ain't nothing but alone 
 
          F                       Bb                  F 
Now I was young and pretty on the mean streets of the city 
                        C    F 
And I fought to make'em my home 
                                          Bb                   F 
With just the shirt on my back I left and swore I'd never look back 
                   C     Bb 
And man I was gone gone gone 
                                              F 
But there's things that'll knock you down you don't even see coming 
Bb                           C         F 
And send you crawling like a baby back home 
 Bb                    C       F 
You're gonna find out that day sugar 
 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                              C         F   C | Bb | Bb | Gm7 | Gm7 | C | C 
When You're alone you ain't nothing but alone 
 
                F 
I knew some day your runnin' would be through 
           Bb                  F 
And you'd think back on me and you 
                        C   F 
And your love would be strong 
                                                   Bb             F 
You'd forget all the bad and think only of all the laughs that we had 
                     C  Bb 
And you'd wanna come home 
                    F 
Now it ain't hard feelings or nothin' sugar 
Bb                                    F 
That ain't what's got me singing this song 
     Bb                     C          F 
It's just nobody knows baby where love goes 
Bb                    C     Dm 
But when it goes it's gone gone 
 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                              C         Dm 
When You're alone you ain't nothing but alone 
 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                        C  F 
When You're alone you're alone 
Bb                              C         Dm  | Bb | Bb | F | F | 
When You're alone you ain't nothing but alone 
          
 

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Chord set

F · Bb · C · Gm7 · Dm

Practice tip

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