Essa música faz parte do musical Les Misérables, adaptado da novela homônima de 1862 por Victor Hugo. A peça estreou em Londres em 1985 e se trata de uma história de redenção e revolução na França do século XIX, onde On My Own é cantada pela personagem Éponine, expressando seu amor não correspondido por Marius.
Tom: D
Introdução:
D
G
D
G
D
Em/D
D
D/C#
On my own, Pretending he's beside me
Bm
E7
A
A/G#
All alone, I walk with him till morning
G
F#7
Bm
Without him, I feel his arms around me
Em
Em/D
A
And when I lose my way I close my eyes, And he has found me
D
Em/D
D
D/C#
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
Bm
E7
A
A/G#
All the lights are misty in the river
G
F#7
Bm
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
Em
Em/D
A
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever
Bb
Cm7(b5)
Bb
Bb/A
And I know it's only in my mind
Gm
Gm/F
Eb
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
Em
B
B7
And although I know that he is blind
Am7
C7
Still I say, there's a way for us
F
Gm
F
F/E
I love him, But when the night is over
Dm
G7
C
C/B
He is gone, the river's just a river
Bb
A7
Dm
Without him the world around me changes
Gm
Gm/F
C
The trees are bare and everywhere, the streets are full of strangers
F
Gm
F
F/E
I love him, But every day I'm learning
Dm
G7
C
All my life I've only been pretending
Bb
A7
Dm
Without me his world will go on turning
Gm
Gm/F
C
A world that's full of happiness, that I have never known
F
F7
Bb
Bbm
F
I love him, I love him, I love him, but only on my own