[Intro]
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[Verse]
            
Me-lin-da was 

            
mine,'til the 

           
time that I fo

         
und her.
           
Hold-ing Jim, 

          
   Lov-ing him

.
            
Then Sue came 

            
a-long, loved 

             
me strong, tha

            
t's what I tho

            
ught.
           
Me and Sue,   

             
   But that di

                      
ed too.

[Chorus 1]
             
Don't know tha

             
t I will, but 

            
un-til I can f

                                                    
ind me.
             
The girl who'l

            
l stay, and wo

              
n't play games

             
 be-hind me.
             
And I'll be wh

            
at I am.      

             
   A sol-i-tar

           
y man,        

           
sol-i-tary man

.

[Verse]
            
I've had it to

           
 here, bein' w

              
here love's a 

                
small word
           
Part time thin

           
g,    paper ri

ng.
            
I know it's be

            
en done, havin

             
' one girl who

                  
 loves you.
           
Right or wrong

            
,    weak or s

                      
trong.

[Chorus 2]
               
                        

[Chorus 3]
          
Umm-umm--umm-u

            
mm,    sol-i-t

          
ary man,  Umm-

           
umm--umm-umm, 

          
sol-i-tary man

. R&F