{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}