Billy Joel – I Dont Want To Be Alone (Guitar)

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[Intro] Eb Ab6 Fm Ab Cm Bb [Verse]
Ab             Bb             Cm         Bb
She said she'd meet me in the bar at the Plaza Hotel

Ab        Bb           Eb      Bb  Ab
  "Wear a jacket and a tie"

                  Bb
"What's the oc-ca-sion?"  She just smiled

Cm                     Dm7   G
  And she wouldn't say why

Ab        Bb           Cm                Bb    
So here I am standing, waiting in the lob-by sweating

Ab              Bb         Eb      Bb  Ab
Bullets in this stupid old suit

             Bb                Cm        Bb
And when she sees me she busts  out laughing, "You're a 

Ab               Ab/C    Bb
Sad sight honey, but you look so cute and
[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was

Eb                      Bb
Checking you out, I was just making sure

Eb                       Bb
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I 

Eb                             Bb
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before."

G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for-

Eb                              Dm7
got when she walked through the door

G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't

Cm         Bb           
Want to be alone anymore
[Interlude] Eb Ab6 Fm Ab Cm Bb [Verse]
Ab          Bb              Cm                Bb
It's so con-fusing choosing sides in the heat of the mo-

Ab             Bb          Eb      Bb  Ab
  ment just to see if it's real

          Bb
It's so e-ro-tic having

Cm                            Dm7   G
You tell me how it should feel        But I'm avoiding all the

Ab        Bb              Cm               Bb    
Hard cold facts that I've got to face,     so ask me

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Just one question when this magic night is through

              Bb            Cm                 Bb
Could it have been just any-one or did it have to be you

Ab            Ab/C    Bb
                        And will you still be saying
[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was

Eb                      Bb
Checking you out, I was just making sure

Eb                       Bb
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I 

Eb                             Bb
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before

G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for-

Eb                              Dm7
got when she walked through the door

G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't

Cm         Bb             Eb
Want to be alone anymore
[Solo] Ab Bb Cm Bb Ab Bb Eb Bb Ab Bb Cm Dm7 [Verse]
G
But, don't you know that it's 

Ab             Bb             Cm                 Bb
Wrong, it's wrong, it's wrong     But like the song, being

Ab            Bb          Eb         Bb   Ab
Caught by the wink of an eye

           Bb               Cm
I can't be sure we'll get a-long

            Bb      
But I'm wil-ling to try

Ab            Ab/C    Bb
                        As long as you can tell me
[Chorus]
Eb                   Bb
I don't want to be a-lone anymore, I was

Eb                      Bb
Checking you out, I was just making sure

Eb                       Bb
No, I don't want to be a-lone anymore, and I 

Eb                             Bb
Want you tonight, although you hurt me before

G7          G7/B          Cm        Bb  Ab
  It didn't matter that I felt like a   fool, cause I for-

Eb                              Dm7
got when she walked through the door

G7         G7/B           Cm      Bb  Ab
I said I'm sorry, but she said it was cool, and I don't

Cm         Bb             Eb
Want to be alone anymore.