Intro
D#
Ooh, be alone
[Verse 1]
D# C
Hey you, well you know me
F G#
Could I ask a favour to be me
D# C F G#
I was just thinking about some alone time with me
D# C F G#
Call it selfish and call it greed, call it anything you like
D# C F
'Cause I was just thinking about some alone time with me
G#
So baby
[Chorus]
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I like to be alone sometimes
D# C F G#
Everybody wants to be alone (ooh, be alone)
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I came to be alone tonight
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone (ooh, be alone) sometimes
[Verse 2]
D# C
Never meant to start a fight
F G#
Never asked you to pull apart and manage my life
D# C
You may mean well, but I'm in hell
F G#
And it's clear to see
D# C F G#
From the minute that I wake up to the inevitable breakup
D# C F
Take a step back, get my head back in the game
G#
So baby
[Chorus]
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I like to be alone sometimes
D# C F G#
Everybody wants to be alone
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I came to be alone tonight
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone (ooh, be alone)
Ooh, be alone
[Chorus]
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I like to be alone sometimes
D# C F G#
Everybody wants to be alone (ooh, be alone)
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone, I came to be alone tonight
D# C F G# D#
Everybody wants to be alone (ooh, be alone) sometimes