All By Myself
Words by Eric Carmen 
Music Based on Serge Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor 
Recorded by Eric Carmen, 1975 (#2)*


A9          A            A9+5   Dm6      A   A/G#   F#
When I was young I never needed an - y - one

           C#m7-5   F#7      Bm    Dm6
And makin' love was just for fun --

      Fdim E7   A    F#7   Dm6 - Fdim - E7/6 - E7
Those days are gone.


A9        A             A9+5      Dm6           A   A/G#   F#
Livin' alone, I think of all the friends I've known;

          C#m7-5    F#7        Bm    Dm6
But when I dial the tel - e - phone,

    Fdim   E7   A    F#7   Dm6 - Fdim - E7/6 - E7
No - bod - y's home.



Refrain:

A   AM7    C#m7-5  F#       F#7
All by my - self      don't wan - na be 

Bm7 Edim Bm7-5   Dm+7 Dm6       E7
All  by    my  - self an - y - more;

A   AM7    C#m7-5  F#       F#7
All by my - self      don't wan - na live

Bm7 Edim Bm7-5  F7  Dm6          E7
All  by   my - self    an - y - more.


A9         A                  A9+5    Dm6        A   A/G#   F#
Hard to be sure; some times I feel so in - se - cure,

            C#m7-5   F#7    Bm    Dm6
And love, so distant and obscure,

  Fdim   E7   A    F#7   Dm6 - Fdim - E7/6 - E7
Remains the cure.



Repeat Refrain:



For the record, Carmen recorded and released his album in 1975, but this song didn't reach #2 on the charts until 1976. And Carmen is by no means the only contemporary artist to borrow from Rachmaninoff's score. Two other best-selling pop singles were created out of the same piano concerto: "Full Moon and Empty Arms" was both by Frank Sinatra and by Perry Como; "I Will Bring You Music" was a later adaptation.