Intro: C Em F C C Em G
verse 1
C Em
Was it the right place or the wrong time
F C
She came to me with her arms open wide
C Em G
Said I looked like some boy she used to know
C Em
She had diamonds in her ears, diamonds 'round her neck
F C
A glass of wine and a white cotton dress
C Em G
What a woman like her could do to my soul
F C F C Em G
She's only lonely, I must be the only foolish kid in this town
F C C F C
I should know better, yeah I should forget her
C Em G
'Cause Lord knows that she will bring me down
G C Em F C C Em G
She's only lonely
verse 2
C Em F C
Maybe it's her voice, or her smile, and I would follow her for miles
C Em F G
Only to be left out in the cold
F C F C Em G
She's only lonely, I must be the only foolish kid in this town
F C C F C
I should know better, yeah I should forget her
C Em G
'Cause Lord knows that she will bring me down
G C
She's only lonely
Bridge
G Em F
And I suppose that I should know lonely girls just come and go
G Em - G - F C G
Passin' their time with fools like me, fools like me
F C F C C Em G
She's only lonely, I must be the only foolish kid in this town
F C C F C
I should know better, yeah I should forget her
C Em G
'Cause Lord knows that she will bring me down
G C Em F C C Em G
She's only lonely