Daniel Johnston – A Lonely Song (Guitar)

D D/E D/F#     G               A
      Well you heard about the time

                     D                D7
I climbed the empire state building

G                       A
And you heard about the time

               D            D7
I was in the insane asylum

      G             C
But I bet you never knew

    G           C
And what I went through

    G             C
And what I had to do

        D
Just to bring you

           G  C  G
A lonely song

D D/E D/F#    G                A
      Well, I try to do what's right

                    D       D7
Every day and every night

           G                  A
And when I think I've won the fight

                  D            D7
The monster comes back again

      G             C
And I bet you never knew

G               C
And what I went through

    G             C
And what I had to do

        D
Just to bring you

           G  C  G  G7
A lonely song

C
If you listen very hard

        C                                        G
You can hear the desperation of a sad and broken heart

   D
My heart

          G               A
Well, you heard about the time

                     D       D7
But not all of it is true

           G            A
And you've read the magazines

                     D
I've been wounded by folklore

D D/E D/F#  G             C
      But I bet you never knew

G           C
What I went through

    G             C
And what I had to do

        D
Just to bring you

           G  C  G
A lonely song

D D/E D/F#       G              A
      Well, I'll tell you right now

                       D
Just to set the record straight

  G              A
I never meant no harm

                       D      D7
Or to generate so much hate

      G             C
But I bet you never knew

G               C
And what I went through

    G             C
And what I had to do

        D
Just to bring you

         G  C  G  G
A lonely song