A beautiful, melancholy tune sung beautifully by the wonderful Karen Carpenter. I hope my rendition does the song justice, it seems mostly right 🙂
F# B F# A F# ^F#-^D B
There was a man, a lonely man
E ^C# B A E F# G-B-A-A
Who lost his love through his indifference
F# B F# A F# ^F# ^D- B
A heart that cared that went unshared
E-^C# B A C#-E G G-F#-E-D
Until it died within his silence…
G ^G-^F#-^F# ^E ^E-^D^D A A
And solitare’s the only game in town
A ^E-^D ^D ^C# ^C# B B D D
And every road that takes him takes him down
D D E – F# F# G-G A B – A
And by himself it’s easy to pretend
E F#-G B A – A
He’ll never love again…
G ^G-^F# ^F# ^E-^E ^D ^D A A
And keeping to himself he plays the game
A – ^E ^D ^D ^C# ^C#-B B D D
Without her love it always ends the same
D D E F# F#-G G A – B – A
While life goes on around him everywhere
E F#-G B – A – A
He’s playing solitaire…