Alone Tabulatur von Nico Collins (für Baryton)

[Intro]
Dm


[Verse 1]
Dm
Eight years old and he's kicking and screaming

Bb
I'll only go to school if you give me a reason

F                                                   Am
The kids are really mean and I already know all the things they're teaching

Dm
Hopped in the car mama let him play hookey

Bb
Missed the first hour just to get a cup of coffee

F                                             Am
She'€™s the only one who saw who he was, no one else could read him

Dm
Showing up late but he makes it to class

        Bb
Just to stare out the window and the clock in the back

   F
He daydreamed away to a sky so gray

Am
Everything's simple, it's driving him mental

Dm
Wishing every day that something would change

Bb
Instead his dad makes him play ball by the bay

F
And every time he cries, father rolls his eyes saying

Am
Son it's all your fault, how come you never try?


[Pre-Chorus]
Gm
He does all that he should

Am                A
Why is he misunderstood?

[Chorus]
Dm
This is a story 'bout a broken boy

         Bb
With his headphones in just to block out the noise

   F                                          A
Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

                      Dm
So he walks the world alone, Wondering if it gets better

   Bb
Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

F                                           A
So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

                      Dm
As he walks the world alone

[Verse 2]
Dm
Fifteen years and he's drowning his sorrows

Bb
Smoking weed, drinking cheap liquor out the bottle

       F                                                   A
With a bunch of fake friends cuz he tried to fit in but it wasn't working

Dm
Ran in with the law bout a dozen of times

Bb
Nothing too bad, just a few suburban crimes still

   F                                        Am
He says to himself, What are you doing you don'€™t deserve this

Dm
Don't you know nobody will ever understand

    Bb
The person that you are, learn to hold your own hand

F
Get your shit together and lose the weight

             A
You'll never be what you want, no not with that face

   Dm
He started writing all of his thoughts on paper

Bb
Realized music made life so much greater

F
100 pounds down, he looks so different now

      Am                      Dm
As he plans his escape from a crooked hometown


[Pre-Chorus]
Gm
He does all that he should

Am
Why is he misunderstood?

[Chorus]

Dm
This is a story bout a broken boy

         Bb
With his headphones in just to block out the noise

   F                                          A
Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

                      Dm
So he walks the world alone, Wondering if it gets better

   Bb
Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

F                                           A
So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

                      Dm
As he walks the world alone

Bb
Alone

F      A  Am
Alone


[Bridge]

Dm7
21 years and he'€™s on the right path

    Bb
But sometimes he wonders if he grew up too fast

    F                                           C
And missed out on the little things, all of the little things

(Haha, yeah right)

Dm7                Dm
Who is he kidding, surely not himself

    Bb
But sometimes he wonders if there's somebody else

      F                                    C
Thats takes the same road, but he'€™ll never know

N.C.
Cuz he walks the world alone


[Chorus]
Dm
This is a story bout a broken boy

         Bb
With his headphones in just to block out the noise

   F                                          Am
Of everyone around him telling him the way to go

                      Dm
So he walks the world alone, Wondering if it gets better

   Bb
Or if he's always gonna feel empty forever

F                                           Am
So he gets lost tryna find another way back home

                      Dm
As he walks the world alone

Bb
Alone (Does it get better, does it get better)

F       Am
Alone

                      Dm
As he walks the world alone

Bb
Alone

F
Alone


[Outro]
   Am
So alone
                        Dm
Yeah he walks the world alone