Another Lonely Day | Chords + Lyrics (tune down 1 tone)
Intro
| C /B | Am | Em | G /A |
Verse 1
||: C /B | Am | Em | G /A :||
Yes, indeed I’m, alone again.
And here comes emptiness, crashing in.
It’s either love or hate, I can’t find in between.
| C /B | Am | Em | G /E |
‘Cause I’ve been with witches and I have been with a queen.
Chorus 1
||: Fsus2 | Am | G (G6) | G /E :||
It wouldn’t have worked out anyway.
So now it’s just another lonely day.
Further along, we just may.
| Fsus2 | Am | G (G6) | G (G6) /A |
But for now, it’s just another lonely day.
Verse 2
||: C C/B | Am | Em | G :||
I wish there was something I could say or do.
I can resist anything but the temptation from you.
But I’d rather walk alone, than chase you around.
| C /B | Am | Em | G /E |
I’d rather fall myself than let you drag me on down.
Chorus 2
It wouldn’t have worked out anyway.
And now it’s just another lonely day.
Further along, we just may.
But for now, it’s just another lonely day.
Verse 3 (same as 2)
Yesterday seems like a life ago.
‘Cause the one I love, today I hardly know.
You I held so close in my heart, oh dear.
Grow further from me with every fallen tear.
Chorus 3
||: Fsus2 | Am | G | G :||
It wouldn’t have worked out anyway.
So now it’s just another lonely day.
Further along, we just may.
But for now, it’s just another lonely day.
For now, it’s just another lonely day.
For now, it’s just another lonely day.
Another Lonely Day Chords: Learn the progressions
You only need to learn two chord progressions to learn how to play Another Lonely Day.
The verse starts on the I chord, then uses a bass note to get to VI, like this:
||: C (I) C/B | Am (VI) | Em (III) | G (V) :||
After the VI chord (Am) we go to III (Em) and finish on V (G). If you compare this with Ain’t No Sunshine, can you hear how it’s the same but slower?
The chorus is even easier as it moves IV – VI – V on repeat, like this with Roman Numerals:
||: Fsus2 (IV) | Am (VI) | G (V) | G :||
There are small details in the guitar part that do make all the difference, this is best described using TAB to highlight the clever bass lines, open strings between chords, and how to fret the chord extension sus2 when playing that F chord.
Here’s a link to that part of this lesson: Another Lonely Day – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
Once you’ve practiced the TAB, a simple chord chart is all you need as the chords now remind you of what the TAB displayed. Here’s one I made for you.
Another Lonely Day Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
The chords and progressions are simple, as is the arrangement for Another Lonely Day.
You play the intro, repeat this for the verse, and change a bass line when you go to the chorus.
After repeating the chorus, you change a bass note to get back to the verse. Do this three times, repeat the last chorus more and don’t change the bass note.
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Another Lonely Day Chord Chart PDF.
This chart was created using iRealPro, here’s a link to that file: Another Lonely Day iReal Pro. Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key.
Is Another Lonely Day the perfect beginner song?
On Ben Harper‘s second album, Fight For Your Mind (1995), we find Another Lonely Day. It was never released as a single but is still one of his most popular songs.
This is one of the best beginner guitar songs out there using simple and common open-position chords so you’ll learn how to play this tune very quickly.
Ben has tuned down a tone so if you want to play along with the original, you need to do the same. Use my online guitar tuner.
If you don’t want to do this, choose the live recording in the playlist above where he plays it on a guitar in standard tuning.
If you are a beginner or a teacher looking for a great beginner song, you can just ignore tuning down and learn this as one of your first songs.
Another Lonely Day Chords | Related Pages
Another Lonely Day | Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this guitar lesson, you’ll find two simple TAB examples which are all you need to play Another Lonely Day on your own.
| C /B | Am | Em | G /A |
Yes, indeed I’m, alone again…
Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics
- Ain’t No Sunshine chords by Bill Withers
- The Drugs Don’t Work chords by The Verve
- Hey There Delilah chords by Plain White T’s
- Redemption Song chords by Bob Marley
- Waiting On An Angel chords by Ben Harper
Ben Harper tunes
Ben Harper is an American roots musician who stretched his appeal around the globe by recording covers of Sexual Healing and The Drugs Don’t Work.
Harper’s first album, Welcome To The Cruel World (94), was followed by Fight For Your Mind only a year later.
Ben Harper on the web
About me | Dan Lundholm
This was a guitar lesson about Another Lonely Day chords, by Dan Lundholm. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.
Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.
