I Refuse To Be Lonely Chords by Phyllis Hyman

_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#m]
I can't [E] hold you like [Am] I want to
_ [E] Can't hold you to the promises you [A] made
You [E] won't be here tonight [F#] or any [Am] other night
It [E] would be a lie [F#] to say I'm not afraid
_ But [D] to be afraid [E] is something that I've [A] always been
The [F#] difference is this time I'm [B] not giving _ in
[Bm] Yes I am, [A] _ [G#m] yes I'm on [C#m] my own
But for [F#] the first time in my life I'm gonna [C#m] carry on
[B] Yes [A] I'm more than that, but I [E] will [C#m] break
[F#] Some things I can't choose
[B] And baby I refuse [E] to be lonely
_ _ [F#] _
_ To [E] be lonely
_ [F#] _
_ [Am] I can't [E] change it, I [F#]
can't blame you
[E] And this time [F#] I'm not even gonna try
You do what you [E] have to do
_ [C] I'll do the same [Am] thing to [E] you
Got a [F#] right to say [E] goodbye
_ But [D] I've got [E] to take care [A] of myself
_ [F#] I realize that I come first before anyone else
_ [Bm] Yes I [A] am alone, _ [E]
yes I'm on [C#m] my own
[F#] But for the first time in my life I'm [C#] gonna carry [B] on
Yes I'm gonna [A] ache, but [G#m] I will not [C#m] break
[F#] Some things I can't choose
[B] And baby I refuse to [E] be lonely
_ _ [G#]
Lonely in the place I used [C#m] to be
But [E] I'm closing the [F#] door, I won't live there anymore
_ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [E] Yes I'm alone, [C#m] yes I'm on my own
But [F#] for the first time in my life I'm [C#m] gonna carry on
[B] _ Yes [E] I'm gonna ache, but I will [C#m] not break
[F#m] Some things [F#] I can't choose
[Bm] _ And [B] baby [B] I refuse to be [E] lonely _ _
_ [Am] _ To _ [E] be [N] lonely
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