Alone Again Naturally

Ln waterford o sullivan s father worked in a meat factory while his mother ran a sweet shop.

Alone again naturally. And at sixty five years old my mother god rest her soul. 1 on the united states billboard hot 100 singles chart. Gilbert o sullivan born raymond edward o sullivan in waterford ireland on 1 december 1946 is an irish english singer songwriter best known for his early 1970s hits alone again naturally clair and get down. Couldn t understand why the only man she had ever loved had been taken.

Billboard ranked it as the no. Alone again naturally is a song by irish singer songwriter gilbert o sullivan. Refrain em a7b9 d alone again naturally verse 2 dmaj7 d6 to think that only yesterday f m7 f 7sus4 i was cheerful bright and gay am looking forward to but who wouldn t do f m7b5 b7 the role i was about to play em7 but as if to knock me down em7b5 gm6 em7b5 rea lity came around d daug and without so much as a mere touch d6 c 7 cut. The song topped the billboard.

This is the real deal live. Not that cruddy kareoke version with redubbed crap over the original. But it s hardly fodder for a rap or hip hop track no funky drumming or bassline or even a hook. Alone again naturally is a song by gilbert o sullivan that was featured on his 1972 u s.

The song connected with listeners on various levels. Looking back over the years and whatever else that appears i remember i cried when my father died never wishing to hide the tears. The downtrodden could commiserate with. He wrote and produced the song himself.

It was released in 1972 at the same time as but not on the album back to front in total the single spent six weeks non consecutively at no. 2 song for 1972 in casey kasem s american top 40 of the 1970s alone again. Gilbert o sullivans alone again in its original form.