HOLLIES - "so lonely" Tablature

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According to the booklet accompanying the Hollies' 30th Anniversary set,
this (the B-side to 'Look Through Any Window') is a rewrite of the first
song Graham Nash and Allan Clarke wrote together. Maybe that's why it's
so inconsistent about who 'you' refers to - the ex-girlfriend's new lover
in the 1st and 3rd verses vs. the ex-girlfriend herself in the chorus, 2nd
verse, and bridge. It's one of my Hollies faveraves anyway.


"So Lonely"
(L. Ransford [a.k.a. Clarke/Hicks/Nash])

Intro [2X]:

Asus2/E G/D
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

(electric 12-string, doubled w/bass; played throughout each verse):

A/C# G/D
v v v v v
-------|-----------------
-------|-----------------
-------|-----------------
---2-0-|-------------2-0-
-0-----|-4---------0-----
-------|-----------------
(every time...)

Asus2/C# G/D Asus2/C# G/D
Every time I see you walking down the street with my girl
Asus2/C# G/D Asus2/C# G/D
I get a funny feeling when I see you out with my girl

Chorus:

D F#m
I get so lonely
D C D
I get so lonely without you

(D)
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-0-
---3--3-3--0-----|-0---------------|-----------0-----
--------------3--|-----------------|----3--3-3-------
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets ^^^^^^^^
I get lonely for you

Verse 2:

See you everyday and now I realize you're not mine
I know I just can't think of anything to do with my time

Chorus 2:

D F#m
'Cause I'm so lonely
D C D
I get so lonely without you

Bridge:

F#m D
Waiting (oh I'm waiting, oh I'm waiting)
F#m D
Oh, I'm waiting (oh I'm waiting, yes I'm waiting)
F#m D
Waiting (Oh I'm waiting, yes I'm waiting)
F#m
For your loving
G* F#m
To keep me satisfied forever
G* F#m A
To keep me satisfied forever

(* vocal harmonies imply Gmaj7)

[repeat intro chords, 1X]

Verse 3:

If you get tired of her, just send her right on back to my arms
And then we'll start anew and know that we never will part

Chorus 3:

I get so lonely
I get so lonely without you

(D)
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
---3--3-3--0-----|-0---------------|-----------------
--------------3--|-----------------|----3--3-3--3--3-
^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ triplets ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
I get lonely for you

[end cold on Asus2]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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