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{title: All by myself} {artist: Eric Carmen} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 60} {key: F} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [F5] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [F5]when I was young, I never [F5aug]needed any[F5]one [Cm/Eb] and making [D7sus4]love was [D7]just for [Gm]fun [Bbm6] those [Bbm]days are [F/A]gone [Gdim] [C7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [F]living alone, I think of [Bbm/F]all the friends I've [F]known [Cm/Eb] but when I [D7sus4]dial the [D7]tele[Gm]phone [Bbm6] no[Bbm]body's [F/A]home [D7] [G7] [C7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna be [Eb6] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Gdim7]more [C7] [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna live [Eb6] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Gdim7]more [C7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [F]hard to be sure, sometimes I [Bbm/F]feel so inse[F]cure [Cm/Eb] and love's so [D7sus4]distant [D7]and obscure [Gm] [Bbm6] re[Bbm]mains the [F/A]cure [Gdim7] [C7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_part: Solo} [F] [Bbm/F] [F] [Cm/Eb] [D7sus4] [D7] [Gm] [Bbm6] [Bbm] [F/A] [D7] [G7] [C7] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 2} [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna be [Eb6] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Gdim7]more [C7] [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna live [Eb6] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Bbm6]more [F/A] [Abdim7] [G7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Piano-intermezzo (6/8, 4/4)} [Cm] [Fm] [G7] etc... [F5] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [F5]when I was young, I never [F5aug]needed any[F5]one [Cm/Eb] and making [D7sus4]love was [D7]just for [Gm]fun [Bbm6] those [Bbm]days are [F/A]gone [Gdim] [C7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3 (repeat)} [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna be [Eb] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Gdim7]more [C7] [F] all by my[Am7]self, don't wanna live [Eb6] all [D7sus4]by [D7]my[Gm]self any[Gdim7]more [C7] {end_of_chorus}