# Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) – Roy Orbison: piano chords

Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) by Roy Orbison uses 9 chords in G major; difficulty on the piano: medium.

## Chords in the song

[G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Gmaj), [F#dim7](https://pianokitty.com/c/Fsharpdim7), [B7](https://pianokitty.com/c/B7), [C](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [D](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dmaj), [Dm/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Dm), [C/G](https://pianokitty.com/c/Cmaj), [Am](https://pianokitty.com/c/Am), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj)

## Chord sheet

- Intro 1: G F#dim7 B7 C D G
- Chorus 1: D C G Dm/G C/G F#dim7 B7 G C D G
- Chorus 2: Am D C G Dm/G C A D G C D G
- Solo 1: Am D C G
- Chorus 3: C A D G C D G

## Questions

### Which chords does Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) by Roy Orbison use?

Different chords: 9. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) by Roy Orbison in?

The chords fit G major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) to play on the piano?

Difficulty: medium. The rating counts the different chords (9), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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