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{title: So lonely} {artist: Police} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 77} {key: C} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [C] well, [G]someone told me [Am]yesterday [FM7] [C] that [G]when you throw your [Am]love away [FM7] [C] you [G]act as if you [Am]just don't care [FM7] [C] you [G]look as if you're [Am]going somewhere [FM7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [C] but [G]I just can't con[Am]vince myself [FM7] [C] I [G]couldn't live with [Am]no-one else [FM7] [C] and [G]I can only [Am]play that part [FM7] [C] and [G]sit and nurse my [Am]broken heart, [FM7] so lonely {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [C] so lonely, [G] so lonely, [Am] so lonely [FM7] [C] so lonely, [G] so lonely, [Am] so lonely [FM7] [C] so lonely, [G] so lonely, [Am] so lonely [FM7] [C] so lonely, [G] so lonely [Am] [FM7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [C] now [G]no-one's knocked up[Am]on my door [FM7] [C] [G] for a thousand [Am]years, or more [FM7] [C] [G] all made up and [Am]nowhere to go [FM7] [C] [G]welcome to this [Am]one man show [FM7] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 4} [C] just [G]take a seat, they're [Am]always free [FM7] [C] [G]no surprise, no [Am]mystery [FM7] [C] in this [G]theater that I [Am]call my soul [FM7] [C] I [G]always play the [Am]starring role, [FM7] so lonely {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Solo (4x + 4x)} [D] [A] [Bm] [G] {end_of_part} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 3} [D] so lonely, [A] so lonely, [Bm] so lonely [GM7] [D] so lonely, [A] so lonely, [Bm] so lonely [GM7] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Improv (4x + 4x)} [D] [A] [Bm] [G] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 4, repeat}