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Gilbert O’Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) Chords

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ChordsF, Am7, Gm7, C7, Am, C, Cm, D7, Bbm7, Dm, E7, Fmaj7, Bbm, G, D, F#m, B7
Strumming↓-↓↑

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FAm7Gm7C7F
FInalittlewhilefromnow,
IfI’mAmnotCfeelinganyAm7lesssour
ICmpromisedmyselftotreatmyself
AndAmvisitanearbyD7tower,
AndGm7climbingtothetop,
WillBbm7throwmyselfoff
InanFefforttomakeitFcleartowho
everDmwhatit’slikewhenyourE7shattered
LeftAm7standinginthelurch,ataCmchurch
Wherepeople’reD7saying,
“MyGm7Godthat’stough,shestoodhimup!
NoBbm7pointinusremaining.
WeFmayaswellgoFmaj7home.”
AsAm7IdidonmyD7own,
Gm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
ToFthinkthatonlyyesterday,
IwasAm7cheerful,brightandgay,
LookingCmforwardto,butwhowouldn’tdo,
TheAmroleIwasabouttoD7play
ButasGm7iftoknockmedown,
Bbm7Realitycamearound
AndFwithoutsomuchasaFmeretouch,
CutmeDmintolittleE7pieces
Am7Leavingmetodoubt,
Talk CmaboutGodandHisD7mercy
WhoGm7ifHereallydoesexist
WhydidHe Bbmdesertme
Fmaj7InmyhourofFneed?
IAm7trulyam D7indeed,
Gm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
shouldbekeychangehereup1toneomitted
ItGseemstomethattherearemorehearts
Dbrokenintheworldthatcan’tbeF#mmendedB7
Left Gunattended
WhatdoweGm7do?WhatdoweF#mdo?
Bbm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
NowFlookingbackovertheyears,
And AmwhateverCelsethatAm7appears
I CmrememberIcriedwhenmyfatherdied
NeverAmwishingtohidetheD7tears
AndatGm7sixtyfiveyearsold,
MyBbmmother,Godresthersoul,
Couldn’tFunderstand,whytheFonlyman
SheDmhadeverlovedhadbeenE7taken
AmLeavinghertostartwithaCmheart
Sobadly D7broken
Gm7Despiteencouragementfromme
NoBbm7wordswereeverspoken
AndFwhenshepassed Fmaj7away
IAmcriedandcriedallD7day
Bbm7Aloneagain, Am7naturallyD7
Bbm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
Bbm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
NowFlookingbackovertheyears,
And AmwhateverCelsethatAm7appears
I CmrememberIcriedwhenmyfatherdied
NeverAmwishingtohidetheD7tears
AndatGm7sixtyfiveyearsold,
MyBbmmother,Godresthersoul,
Couldn’tFunderstand,whytheFonlyman
SheDmhadeverlovedhadbeenE7taken
AmLeavinghertostartwithaCmheart
Sobadly D7broken
Gm7Despiteencouragementfromme
NoBbm7wordswereeverspoken
AndFwhenshepassed Fmaj7away
IAmcriedandcriedallD7day
Bbm7Aloneagain, Am7naturallyD7
Bbm7Aloneagain,C7naturally
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ArtistGilbert O'Sullivan
AlbumHimself
GenresPop
Year1971
KeyF
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play Alone Again on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again on guitar requires 17 chords and 36 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Alone Again uses these transitions most often: D7 → Gm7 (10), C7 → F (7), and Am → D7 (6). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with F - Am7 chord transition.

1. F → Am7 chord transition

Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram
Guitar Am7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-1-0Guitar Am7 chord diagram

To move from F to Am7:

  1. While playing F, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

F to Am7

2. Am7 → Gm7 chord transition

Guitar Am7 chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-0-1-0Guitar Am7 chord diagram
Guitar Gm7 chord diagram Fingering: 3-x-3-3-3-x Barre at fret 3.Guitar Gm7 chord diagram

To move from Am7 to Gm7:

  1. While playing Am7, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

Am7 to Gm7

3. Gm7 → C7 chord transition

Guitar Gm7 chord diagram Fingering: 3-x-3-3-3-x Barre at fret 3.Guitar Gm7 chord diagram
Guitar C7 chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-3-1-0Guitar C7 chord diagram

Switching from Gm7 to C7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to A string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 1.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

Gm7 to C7

4. C7 → F chord transition

Guitar C7 chord diagram Fingering: x-3-2-3-1-0Guitar C7 chord diagram
Guitar F chord diagram Fingering: 1-3-3-2-1-1 Barre at fret 1.Guitar F chord diagram

Here's how to move from C7 to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Keep ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Lift your pinky from G string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 7 times.

C7 to F

5. F → Am chord transition

To move from F to Am:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

6. Am → C chord transition

To move from Am to C:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

7. C → Am7 chord transition

To move from C to Am7:

  1. While playing C, lift your ring finger from A string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

8. Am7 → Cm chord transition

To move from Am7 to Cm:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  3. Place ring finger on A string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

9. Cm → Am chord transition

To move from Cm to Am:

  1. While playing Cm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

10. Am → D7 chord transition

Switching from Am to D7:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 6 times.

11. D7 → Gm7 chord transition

To move from D7 to Gm7:

  1. While playing D7, lift your index finger from B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.
  3. Slide your ring finger from E string fret 2 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 10 times.

12. Gm7 → Bbm7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Gm7 to Bbm7:

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.
  2. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on B string fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 5 times.

13. Bbm7 → F chord transition

Here's how to move from Bbm7 to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from B string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 4 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 5 times.

14. F → Dm chord transition

To move from F to Dm:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

15. Dm → E7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Dm to E7:

  1. While playing Dm, lift your ring finger from B string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

16. E7 → Am7 chord transition

Switching from E7 to Am7:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

17. Cm → D7 chord transition

To move from Cm to D7:

  1. While playing Cm, lift your pinky from E string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

18. F → Fmaj7 chord transition

Here's how to move from F to Fmaj7:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

19. Fmaj7 → Am7 chord transition

To move from Fmaj7 to Am7:

  1. While playing Fmaj7, lift your ring finger from D string fret 3.
  2. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  3. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

20. Am7 → D7 chord transition

Switching from Am7 to D7:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on E string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

21. Gm7 → Bbm chord transition

To move from Gm7 to Bbm:

  1. Lift your middle finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.
  2. Keep ring finger on D string fret 3.
  3. Place index finger on A string fret 1.
  4. Place pinky on G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.

22. Bbm → Fmaj7 chord transition

Here's how to move from Bbm to Fmaj7:

  1. While playing Bbm, lift your pinky from G string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  4. Keep ring finger on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

23. F → G chord transition

To move from F to G:

  1. While playing F, lift your pinky from D string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

24. G → D chord transition

Switching from G to D:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

25. D → F#m chord transition

Switching from D to F#m:

  1. While playing D, lift your middle finger from E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 3 to A string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

26. F#m → B7 chord transition

Switching from F#m to B7:

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 4 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 2.
  4. Place middle finger on A string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse.

27. B7 → G chord transition

Here's how to move from B7 to G:

  1. While playing B7, lift your pinky from E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

28. G → Gm7 chord transition

Switching from G to Gm7:

  1. While playing G, lift your index finger from A string fret 2.
  2. Keep middle finger on E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

29. Gm7 → F#m chord transition

Switching from Gm7 to F#m:

  1. While playing Gm7, lift your middle finger from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 4.
  3. Place index finger on E string fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse.

30. F#m → Bbm7 chord transition

To move from F#m to Bbm7:

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 4 to G string fret 3.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 4 and place it on E string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse.

31. Bbm7 → C7 chord transition

To move from Bbm7 to C7:

  1. Slide your index finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from E string fret 4 to G string fret 3.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

32. Bbm → F chord transition

Here's how to move from Bbm to F:

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from D string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
  4. Slide your pinky from G string fret 3 to D string fret 3.

This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.

33. E7 → Am chord transition

Here's how to move from E7 to Am:

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on B string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to D string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

34. Fmaj7 → Am chord transition

To move from Fmaj7 to Am:

  1. Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 3 to G string fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

35. D7 → Bbm7 chord transition

To move from D7 to Bbm7:

  1. Slide your index finger on B string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to D string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 3.
  4. Place pinky on E string fret 4.

This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.

36. Bbm7 → Am7 chord transition

Switching from Bbm7 to Am7:

  1. While playing Bbm7, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
  2. Slide your index finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 3 to fret 2.

This transition appears in the verse, played 2 times.

Alone Again chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Alone Again.

  • Alone Again includes 113 chord transitions, 36 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.03% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Alone Again contains 3 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Alone Again connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After F, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (40%), G (21%), and Am (11%).
    • F → G: 21%
    • F → Am: 11%
    After D7, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (51%), G7 (18%), and C (6%).
    • D7 → Gm7: 1%
    • D7 → Bbm7: 0%
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