All By Myself

Words & Music:

Eric Carmen & Sergei Rachmaninoff

 

Yup.  The tune is directly lifted from Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano concerto #2 in Cm.  The long album version even includes the cadenza - also lifted note for note.

 

A                        Dm6       A

When I was young I never needed anyone

Em7        F#sus4   F#       Bm   Dm             A  Dm  E

And making love was just for fun; those days are gone.

 

Living alone I think of all the friends I've known

Em7         F#sus4       F#   Bm   Dm    A

But, when I dial the telephone, nobody's home.

 

Em  F#sus4  F#7  B  Dm  E7  A

 

CHORUS:

A        C#m                  Em  F#sus4   F# Bm       E

All by myself, don't wanna be all by------ my—self, anymore.

 

Hard to be sure, sometimes I feel so insecure.

And love, so distant and obscure, remains the cure

 

Em  F#sus4  F#7  B  Dm  E7  A

 

CHORUS:  [2x]

 

INSTRUMENTAl:

E    Db   F#m  B     Em     D       G   Am  Bsus4  B

Em   D    G    Am    Bsus4  B

Em   D    G    Fdim7 C#     F#m     Am  B   B7     Em  Gm

A    A7   Dm   Fm    G      G#dim7  A

 

When I was young I never needed anyone.

And making love was just for fun; those days are gone.

 

CHORUS:  [repeat 2-3x and out]