Lonely ol' night    (video)

 

     E - A (3x)

 

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1.     She calls me up and says : Baby, it’s a lonely ol‘ night,

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    I don’t know, I’m just so scared and lonely all at the same time.

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    Nobody told us it was gonna work out this way, no no no no no,

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    I guess they knew we’d work it out in our own way.

 

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    It’s a lonely ol’ night,        can I put my arms around you ?

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    it’s a lonely ol’ night,         custom made

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for two lonely people like me and you.

 

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2.      Radio playing softly some singer’s sad, sad song,

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    he’s singing about standin’ in the shadows of love.

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    I guess he feels awfully alone,

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    She says: I know exactly what he means, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,

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   and it’s a sad, sad, sad, feeling when you’re livin’ on those in betweens.

 

+  CHORUS          +  A ~ E     - A ~ E             +  E - A (2x)

 

   E                                 - A                                     E     - A 

+     She calls me baby,        she calls everybody baby,    

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    it’s a lonely ol’ night, but ain’t they all ?

 

+  E - A (2x)           +  CHORUS (2x)

 

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+  Yeah, like me and you,       yeah, like me and you.

 

    (John Cougar Mellencamp)