Randy Newman - It's Lonely at the Top

      
 
 ...LONELY AT THE TOP... by Randy Newman

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 *from 'Sail Away' (1972)*
 
 *CAPO 3rd FRET*
 
 (Original Key: Gm)
 
 Intro:
 
 Em, B7 (x2)
 
 Verse 1:
 
 Em           B7              
  I've been a-round the world,
 Em              B7       
  Had my pick of any girl.
 Em                  C              Em  B7 
  You'd think I'd be happy; but I'm not.
 
 Chorus 1:
 
 Am         B7            
  Ev'rybody knows my name,
 Em               C          
  But it's just a crazy game.
 Em B7 Em B7, Em B7
 Oh, it's lonely at the top.
 
 Break:
 
 C                                   
  Listen to the band they're playing,
 Em Am Em B7, Em B7 Em
 Just for me.
 
 C9                           
  Listen to the people paying,
          Em Am Em C#m C9 B7 
 Just for me.
 
 Chorus 2:
 
 Am                 B7              
  All the applause, all the parades,
 Em                 C           
  And all the money I have made;
 Em        B7            Em  C#m7 Ddim7 B/D# 
  Oh, it's lonely at the top.
 
 Interlude:
 
 Em B7 Em B7, Em C9 Em B7
 
 Chorus 3:
 
 Am              B7              
  Listen all you fools out there,
 Em                 C            
  Go on and love me I don't care.
 Em        B7            Em  
  Oh, it's lonely at the top,
 C9        B7            Em  
  Oh, it's lonely at the top.
 
 (Fade)
 
 CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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 Em B7 C Am C9 
      
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 022000 021202 x32010 x02210 x3233x
 
 C#m C#m7 Ddim7 B/D# 
     
 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 
 x46654 x46454 xx0101 xx1442