C                Dm
Solitude, what a lame excuse,
G                 Fm
you forget as the wind blows.
C               Dm
Do not cry over same old news,
G                    Fm
do not tell what the skin knows.
G#    A#       C
   So you fade away
G#      A#       C
   Like a summer day.

C     E   F      G             C      E
Knell,    no one cares but the bells
F     G            C
in my hands, empty shells,
         E     Fm
all those days gone in vain
Fm                    C
Solitude, solitude, my friend.

Lay me down in the summer breeze
where young girls find new lovers,
wash my face with a white chemise,
leave your coat as a cover.
Nothing else to see, ‘cause isn’t my (???)

C     E   F      G             C      E
Knell,    no one cares but the bells
F     G            C
in my hands, empty shells,
       E      Fm
all those days gone in vain
Fm
solitude, solitude, solitude
C        Am Fm G
my friend
C        Am Fm G
my friend.