"Only Lonely" by Bon Jovi (7800° Fahrenheit, 1985)

"Only Lonely" by Bon Jovi (7800° Fahrenheit, 1985)

Key: E Major (sounding key, with capo)
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Capo: 2nd fret (chords relative to capo, sounding as E, C#m, A, B, etc.)

Intro
D G A Bm (x2, clean then distorted)

• D: x-x-0-2-3-2
• Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2
• G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
• A: x-0-2-2-2-0
• Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
• F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2

Verse 1
D G
Another long and sleepless night
A Bm
You need someone to hold you tight
D G
Sometimes love don’t know wrong from right
A Bm
Another long and senseless fight

Pre-Chorus
G Em
Was all you knew they’re all the same
A F#m
There’s no one left to take the blame
G Em
What’s behind this masquerade
A
How do we win these losin’ games we play

Chorus
D G
Only lonely, I can’t stop hurting you
A Bm
Only lonely, but I can’t stop loving you
D G
Only lonely, how much pain
A Bm
Does it take

Verse 2
D G
It’s getting so I don’t know
A Bm
When to stop or when to go
D G
Sometimes we’re so afraid to let it show
A Bm
A stolen kiss so out of place

Pre-Chorus
G Em
It wipes the smile right off your face
A F#m
And when those feelings start
G Em
We let them go, let them go
A
Games we play, words we say, cutting wounds that run so deep

Chorus
D G
Only lonely, I can’t stop hurting you
A Bm
Only lonely, but I can’t stop loving you
D G
Only lonely, so tell me babe
A Bm
How much pain can you take before your heart breaks

Bridge
G Bm
I got this time bomb ticking in my head
A Em
This time I think she’s gonna blow
G A
How can I say get away
G A
When I just can’t let go

Solo
D G A Bm (x2)
(Solo by Richie Sambora, E major pentatonic, per Songsterr)

Chorus
D G
Only lonely, I can’t stop hurting you
A Bm
Only lonely, but I can’t stop loving you
D G
Only lonely, so tell me babe
A Bm
How much pain can you take before your heart breaks

Outro
D G
Only lonely, I can’t stop hurting you
A Bm
Only lonely, but I can’t stop loving you
D G
Only lonely, only lonely
A Bm
Only lonely, only lonely
(Fade out with D, G, A, Bm)