E            
There was a man 
F#7 
A lonely man 
B                 
Who lost his love 
              A/E   E 
Through his indifference 
 
E 
A heart that cared 
F#7 
That went unshared 
B  
Until it died 
          A/E  E     B     
Within his silence 
 
    E                             
And solitare's the only game in town 
    C#m       
And every road that takes him 
          
Takes him down 
    F#m                        B 
And by himself it's easy to pretend 
            A/E   E       B                 
He'll never love again 
 
    E                            
And keeping to himself he plays the game 
    C#m    
Without her love 
                 
It always ends the same 
      F#m                          B  
While life goes on around him everywhere 
             A/E  E     B
He's playing solitaire 
 
E
A little hope 
F#7        
Goes up in smoke 
B 
Just how it goes 
            A/E  E    B 
Goes without saying 
 
E
There was a man 
F#7   
A lonely man 
B 
Who would command 
              A/E   E    B
The hand he's playing 

    E                             
And solitare's the only game in town 
    C#m       
And every road that takes him 

Takes him down 
    F#m                        B 
And by himself it's easy to pretend 
            A/E   E       B                 
He'll never love again 
 
    E                            
And keeping to himself he plays the game 
    C#m    
Without her love 
                 
It always ends the same 
      F#m                          B  
While life goes on around him everywhere 
             A/E  E     B
He's playing solitaire 

    E                             
And solitare's the only game in town 
    C#m       
And every road that takes him 

Takes him down 
      F#m                          B  
While life goes on around him everywhere 
              E   
He's playing solitaire