On My Own — Patti LaBelle
Chords and lyrics for On My Own by Patti LaBelle (key of F).
Verse 1
#1 1986 hit duet for Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald;
_song)
Michael McDonald did this in Eb.
He tuned down 1/2 step so he could play open E & A strings.
You can also do 2 fret trills 3rd & 4th strings 3rd finger.
The fooling around at the end of the 1st lines of the bridge can be
omitted.
Intro
BbM7 Am7 (x4)
Verse 1
[FM7]So many times[Am7]
[FM7]Said it was [Am7]forever
[BbM7]Said our love would always be [Bb6]true
[BbM7]Something in my heart always [Bb6]knew
I'd be [FM7]lying here beside you
Chorus
[FM7]On [F]my [C9sus4]own
On my [FM7]own
On my [C9sus4]own
Verse 2
[FM7]So many promises[Am7]
[FM7]never should be [Am7]spoken
[BbM7]Now I know what loving you [Bb6]cost
[BbM7]Now we're up to talking [Bb6]divorce
And we [FM7]weren't even married
Chorus
[FM7]On [F]my [C9sus4]own
Once [FM7]again now
One more [C9sus4]time
By [FM7]myself
Bridge
No one said it was [BbM7][Bb6][Am7]easy[FM7][BbM7]
But it once was so [BbM7][Bb6]easy[Bb6][BbM7]
Well I [BbM7]believed in [Gm7]love
[Am7]Now here I stand
I wonder [C7sus4]why
Chorus
I'm [FM7]on [F]my [C9sus4]own (Why did it end this way?)
On my [FM7]own (This wasn't how it was supposed to be)
On my [C9sus4]own (I wish that we could do it all again)
Verse 3
[FM7]So many times[Am7]
[FM7]I know I should [Am7]have told you
[BbM7]Losing you it cut like a [Bb6]knife
[BbM7]You walked out and there [Bb6]went my life
I don't [FM7]want to live without you
Chorus/Outro
On my [C9sus4]own (This wasn't how it was supposed to end)
On my [FM7]own (I wish that we could do it all again)
On my [C9sus4]own (I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone)
On my [FM7]own
On my [C9sus4]own (I've got to find where I belong again)
On my [FM7]own (I've got to learn how to be strong again)
On my [C9sus4]own (I never dreamed I'd spend one night alone)
On my [FM7]own (By myself, by myself)
On my [C9sus4]own (I've got to find out what was mine again)
On my [FM7]own (My heart is saying that it's my time again)
On my [C9sus4]own (And I have faith that I will shine again)
On my [FM7]own (I have faith in me)
On my [C9sus4]own
On my [FM7]own
On my [C9sus4]own[FM7]
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