Verse 1: 
 
C                   G 
HOW CAN YOU ASK ME, HOW HAVE I BEEN. 
 
 |F                               G                
I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW WELL, THE SHAPE THAT I'M IN. 
 
   |C                         G 
YOU SAY THAT YOU WONDERED, IF I WAS O.K., 
 
    |F             G             C 
WELL THAT'S A DAMN FOOL THING TO SAY. 
 
Verse 2: 
 
   |C                    G 
THE WATER IS RISIN', THE WATER IS WIDE. 
 
   |F                        G 
AND YOUR ALWAYS STANDIN', ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
 
   |C                        G 
AND THEN COMES THE MOMENT, I WAKE BEFORE DAWN, 
 
    |F        G          C   | 
WITH HOURS TO LIE HERE A-LONE. 
 
Chorus: 
 
       |G                           F 
AND YOU SEEM SO SURPRISED, THAT I'M FEELIN' THIS WAY, 
 
   |G       F         G 
HOW AM I SO LONELY TO-DAY. 
 
  |C                      G               |F            G      C  | 
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO. 
 
  
 
Verse 3: 
 
  |C                     G                      |F 
SO HERE'S TO THE LOVERS, FOR OLD TIMES SAKE. WHO DON'T HOLD EACH OTHER, 
 
       G                      |C 
TO THE PROMISE THEY BREAK. AND SMILE THROUGH THE WINDOW, 
 
    G                         |F              G             C  | 
AND WAVE ON THE STREET, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL YOU WANT NOW FROM ME. 
 
  
 
G                          F 
SHOULD I SAY SOMETHING, TO PUT YOU AT EASE, 
 
  |G            F          G 
OR SHOULD I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES. 
 
  |C                      G               |F            G      C  | 
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO. 
 
  |C                      G               |F            G      C  | 
IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, THE WAY I LOVED YOU, YOU WOULD BE LONELY TOO.