Todd Rundgren – If I Have To Be Alone chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
F/G   FIf I have to be alone
F/G            FThen I should make my mind serene
F/G               FAfter all you're born alone, you die alone
                         F/G               FYou might as well spend every moment in between alone

F/G       FBut if I have to be alone
F/G          FThen it will be on my own terms
F/G           FI can never talk about it, ever show it
                 F/G                        FEven though the world is watching while I squirm alone


[Pre-Chorus 1]
                   A                        GAnd your bleeding heart friends say, "isn't it sad? "
                       B5Then they all go make love
               G        AWhile you go insane. insane!
              B5   B5/GIt drives you mad! mad!


[Chorus 1]
   B5 A     G  G/F# Em  AMy mind, I love my mind
           GAnd if no one can feel the same
G/A     GI'm a computer with a name
G/F          FAnd I've got no one else to blame
F/G    FIf I have to be alone


[Verse 2]
         FAnd if nobody understands
F/G             FThat special creature that is me
F/G           FAnd if they fail to see the me I see
                        F/G                   FThen no one else knows truly what it means to be alone


[Pre-Chorus 2]
               A                     GMaybe once a lifetime you lose your will
                            B5Then you can let down your guard
                   G        ABut they cower in fear. in fear
              B5   B5/GIt makes you ill! Ill!


[Chorus 2]
    B5  A    G  G/F# Em  AMy heart, my burning heart
           GAnd if no one will quench the flame
G/A       GI'm not obliged to do the same
G/A               G/FAnd then they'll have to share the blame
F/G        FBecause I have to be alone
F/G        FBecause I have to be alone
F/G          FBut I don't want to be alone

[Outro]
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