Perfectly Lonely Chords by John Mayer

Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:

G

Dm

C

F

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[F]
[Dm] [G]
[C]
[F]
[Dm]
[G]
I [C] had a little love but [F] I spread it thin [Dm]
Falling in her [G] arms and out again
[C] Made a bad name for [F] my game around town
[Dm] Tore out my heart, [G] shut it down
[C] Nothing to [F] do, nowhere to be [Dm] I'm still a little kind of [G] free
[C]
Nothing to do, [F] no one but me [Dm] And that's [C] all I [G] need
I'm perfectly [C] lonely, [F]
perfectly [Dm]
lonely I'm [G]
perfectly [Em] lonely, [Am] yeah
Cause [Dm] I don't belong to anyone, [G]
nobody belongs [C] to me
[F]
[Dm]
[G]
[C] I see my friends around from time [F] to time [Dm] When their ladies let her slip away
[G]
[C] And when they ask [F] me how I'm doing with mine [Dm]
This is always what I [G] say
[C] Nothing to [F] do, nowhere [Dm] to be I'm still a little [F] kind of [G] free
[Em]
Nothing to do, [Am] no one to [Dm] be It's really hard to [G] see
Why [C] I'm perfectly lonely, [F]
perfectly [Dm] lonely [G] I'm perfectly [Em] lonely, [Am] yeah
Cause [Dm] I don't belong [C] to anyone, [G]
nobody belongs to [Am] me
And this is not to say, [Em] there never [C] comes a [F] day I'll take my chances and [G] start again
[Am]
And when I look behind, [Em] on all my younger [F] times I have to thank the ones that led me to a love so [C] strong
[F] [Dm]
[G]
I'm [C]
[F]
[Dm] [G]
perfectly [C] lonely,
[F]
perfectly [Dm] lonely [G]
I'm perfectly [Em] lonely, [Am] yeah
Cause I [Dm] don't belong to anyone, [G] nobody belongs [C] to me
[F] That's [Dm] the way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been [G] fawning
[C] That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been [F] fawning
That's the way, that's [Dm] the way, that's the way [G] that I've been fawning
[C] That's the way, that's the way, that's the way [F] that I've been fawning
That's the [Dm] way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been fawning
[G]
[C] [F]
[Dm]
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
Dm
2311
C
3211
F
134211111
Em
121
G
2131
Dm
2311
C
3211
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
I [C] had a little love but [F] I spread it thin _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Falling in her [G] arms and out again _
_ _ _ [C] _ Made a bad name for [F] my game around town _ _ _ _
[Dm] Tore out my heart, [G] shut it down
_ _ _ _ [C] _ Nothing to [F] do, _ nowhere to be [Dm] _ I'm still a little kind of [G] free
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Nothing to do, _ [F] no one but me [Dm] _ And that's [C] all I [G] need
_ _ I'm perfectly [C] _ lonely, _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ perfectly [Dm]
lonely _ _ I'm [G] _ _ _
_ _ perfectly [Em] _ lonely, _ _ [Am] yeah _ _ _ _
Cause [Dm] I don't belong to anyone, _ [G] _
nobody belongs [C] to me _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] I see my friends around from time [F] to time _ _ _ _ [Dm] When their ladies let her slip away
[G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ And when they ask [F] me how I'm doing with mine _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ This is always what I [G] say _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Nothing to [F] do, _ _ nowhere [Dm] to _ be I'm still a little [F] kind of [G] free
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Nothing to _ do, [Am] no one to _ [Dm] be It's really hard to [G] see
_ _ Why [C] I'm perfectly lonely, _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ perfectly [Dm] lonely _ _ _ [G] I'm _ _ _ _ perfectly [Em] _ lonely, _ _ [Am] yeah
_ _ Cause _ [Dm] I don't belong [C] to anyone, _ _ [G]
nobody belongs _ to [Am] me
And this is not to say, [Em] there never [C] comes a [F] day I'll take my chances and [G] start _ again
_ _ [Am]
And when I look behind, _ [Em] on all my younger _ [F] times I have to thank the ones that led me to a love so [C] _ _ strong _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
I'm _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ perfectly [C] lonely, _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
perfectly [Dm] _ lonely _ _ [G]
I'm _ _ _ _ _ perfectly [Em] _ lonely, _ _ [Am] yeah _
_ Cause I [Dm] don't belong to anyone, [G] _ nobody belongs _ _ [C] to me _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ That's [Dm] the way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been [G] fawning _
_ _ _ [C] That's the way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been [F] fawning _ _ _ _
That's the way, that's [Dm] the way, that's the way [G] that I've been fawning
_ _ _ _ [C] That's the way, that's the way, that's the way [F] that I've been fawning _ _
_ _ That's the [Dm] way, that's the way, that's the way that I've been fawning _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by John Mayer.

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