Lonely As You Are

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[Verse 1]
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     You think you've been lonely, but loneliness is mine
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As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine
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You think you've been suffering, but suffering is mine
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As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine


[Chorus]
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So lonely
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Lonely as hell


[Verse 2]
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Lucifer coming to me     trying to make me turn myself loose
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  But I tell you, God, you're my heart and soul
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No one can chain me
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If it call for me to die


[Chorus]
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I'm so lonely
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Lonely as hell


[Verse 3]
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     You think you're been lonely, but loneliness is mine
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As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine
                      A#m            F#           C#
You think you've been suffering, but suffering is mine
             A#m         F#           C#
As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine


[Chorus]
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I'm so lonely
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Lonely as hell


[Bridge]

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You think you don't know me, loneliness,    but I know you well
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Mamma,      wherever you at in heaven
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Please, hold a space for me
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I'm walking this planet, Mamma, like you taught me to do
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I'm walking
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Trying to find you, Mamma
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One day,   when God says: "Well done"
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Please, be at the gate waiting for me
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With your Momma, Grandma, Rowena Green, J.W. Welch      and so many more

[Verse 4]
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     You think you're been lonely, but loneliness is mine
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As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine
                      A#m            F#           C#
You think you've been suffering, but suffering is mine
             A#m         F#           C#
As lonely as you are, it ain't bad as mine

[Outro]
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Noooo      n n n no  baby oooh
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I love you,    and this is from Charles Bradley
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Hope this, one day, gets out to the world