Alone Again Naturally Chords by Nina Simone

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_ _ [E] I remember this afternoon [D#] when my sister came [G#m] into the room.
[D] She refused to [G#] say how my father [C#] was, but I knew he'd be dying soon.
[F#] And I was oh [A] so glad, [B] and it was oh so sad, [E] that I realized [B] that I [C#m] despised this man I'd once called [D#] father.
[G#m] Hating his hanging [B] on, _ [F] with fingers [C#]
clutching [F#m] his body now just 88 pounds.
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Blinded eyes still [E] searching for some distant dream, [D#m] that had faded away [C#] at the seams, [F#m] dying _
[B] alone [E] naturally. _ _ _ _
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_ I was his favorite child, [D#] I had him [G#m] a little while, just as long as [G#] I could play the [C#] piano and smile a little smile.
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But just when I needed [F#m] him the most, [B] he was already a ghost.
[E] And for all my life there [G#m] were promises [C#m] and they always had been broken.
[G#m] Leaving me [B] alone, _ [F] with all my troubles [F#m] not once ever touching me and [F#] saying,
daughter I'll help you get over, [E] now he's fading away.
[G#m] And I'm so glad to [C#] say, [F#m] he's dying at [B]
last, [E] naturally. _ _ _ _ _
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It's a very sad thing to see, that [D#] my mother with [D#m] all her heart,
[D] believed the words that [D#m] the bible said, [C#] till death do us two part.
For [F#] her that was forever [F#m] an aid, he [B] deceived her night and day.
[E] How could some English [G#m] word so small, [C#m] affect someone [D#] so strangely? _
Taking _ _ [G#m] _ her away from [F] us, her soul _ [C#] included, [F#m] she might as well be gone with him.
All [Am] the children are excluded, [E] loneliness is hell.
[D#m] I know [C#] so well, [F#] for I'm alone, _ [E] naturally. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ I waited for three weeks for him to die.
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I [G#] waited for _ _ [G#] three weeks for him to [F#m] die. _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ Every [D#] night he was calling on [C#m] me, _ _ [F#m] _
_ I _ wouldn't [F#] go to [E] him.
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I waited for [B] three weeks for him to die. _
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Three weeks for him to die.
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After he died, after he died, _ every night I went out.
_ [D#] Every [B] night I had a fight, [D] it didn't [B] matter who was [C#] with,
cause I knew what it was about.
[F#] And if you can read [F#m] between lines, [B] my dad and I are close as flies.
[E] I loved him thin [D#m] and I love him still, [C#m] that's why my heart so [D#]
broke.
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Leaving me to doubt _ [B] _
[F] God in his mercy.
_ [F#m] And if he really does exist, then [E] why did he desert me?
_ [B] When he passed [E] away, _ _ [D#m] I smoked and drank [C#] all _ day, _ _
[F#m] alone, _ _ naturally. _ _
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