Note: Original key is 1/2 step higher (A#m)

   Intro: Am-F-G-G/F-
          Am-F-G-E-

  Am              F            G
   I hear the ticking of the clock
        G/F             Am              F-G-E-
   I'm lying here the room's pitch dark
  Am          F               G
   I wonder where you are tonight
        G/F           Am      F-G-E-
   No answer on the telephone
            F             C/E        Dm-C-
   And the night goes by so very slow
          F               C/E        Dm-G
   Oh I hope that it won't end though
      C
   Alone

                 Chorus
  Dm     Bb       F       C       Dm
   Till now I always got by on my own
  Bb               F             C     Dm
   I never really cared until I met you
  Bb            F             C
   And now it chills me to the bone
  F/A        Bb       C
   How do I get you alone
  F/A        Bb       C  break G,Am
   How do I get you alone

  Am              F                  G
   You don't know how long I have wanted
       G/F                 Am            F-G-E-
   To touch your lips and hold you tight
  Am               F                 G
   You don't know how long I have waited
       G/F              Am         F-G-E-
   And I was going to tell you tonight
             F       C/E         Dm-C-
   But the secret is still my own
           F                C/E        Dm-G-
   And my love for you is still unknown
     C
   Alone

   Adlib: Dm-Bb-F-C-
          Dm-Bb-F-C-
             Ahh haah...

   (Repeat Chorus except last word)

            C
      ... alone

     F/A-Bb-C-   F/A-Bb-C pause G,Am
   Alone,      alone

  Am            F              G
   I hear the ticking of the clock
         F              Am
   I'm lying here the room's pitch dark