INTRODUÇÃO: 
( F C Dm ) 2x 
 
VERSOS 1: 
      F                 C                    Dm                    Bb 
Tell Frannie I'm sorry she didn't get to know her dad 
      F          C                   Dm                   Dm 
I'll bet he's sorry he didn't get to know you too 
F                                                     C 
Tell her there'll be people saying things that make her sad 
Dm                                                  Bb 
How her daddy felt alone, how he was hurtin' bad 
   F                       C                             Bb      Bbm 
I guess that won't be too far from the truth 
 
[Refrão]
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top 
F C Dm C                  Bb      Bbm 
Happy is one thing it's not 
 VERSOS 2: 
           F              C          Dm                    Bb 
I was jaded, suffocated; it got too hard to breathe 
        F                C              Bb             Bbm 
But never got as high as I needed to be 
      F                                                        C 
You know life becomes worthless when they steal your dreams 
Dm                                           Bb  
I just couldn't live with what was left for me 
      F                   C                             Bb      Bbm 
And I couldn't run far enough from the truth   what's the use? 
 

[Refrão]
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top 
F C Dm C                  Bb      Bbm 
Happy is one thing it's not 
   F                                                              C 
Before you know you find yourself alone and looking down 
Dm                                                         Bb 
No one there can help you stop before you hit the ground 
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top              oooohhhh yeahhh? 
 
SOLO:  
F C Dm Bb    	(ooooohh yeaaaahhh) 
F C Dm Dm  		(pequena pausa e entra nos versos 3) 
 
VERSOS 3: 
       F               C                     Dm                     Bb 
Tell Frannie I'm sorry   I better kiss her when she cries 
      F          C                   Dm             Dm 
I'm sorry I left her, never said goodbye 
F                                                        C 
Didn't mean to leave you all alone but then the music died 
Dm                                                                Bb 
Though the song remains the same, I couldn't live that lie 
      F                    C                       Bb          Bbm 
You know that ain't too far from the truth 
            F                    C                        Bb        Bbm 
And you know that ain't too far from the truth 
 
[Refrão]
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top 
F C Dm C                  Bb      Bbm 
Happy is one thing it's not 
   F                                                              C 
Before you know you find yourself alone and looking down 
Dm                                                         Bb 
No one there can help you stop before you hit the ground 
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top 
             F C Dm C            Bb      Bbm 
Yeah, it's lonely       at the top 
(introdução e fim) 
It's lonely?