The particular chord inversions given below are crucial to the harmonic flavour of the song.
Note that two descending diatonic scales form the bassline for the verse - 
F#-E-D-C#-B-A-G and G-F#-E-D-C#-B-A.
 



      D/F#   Em     D    A/C#
 Good morning, good afternoon,
     Bm            A          G
 And what have you got to say?
          G      D/F#    Em         D
 Well I'm waiting, but I can't stay long,
      A/C#   Bm     A
 It's such a lovely day.
           D/F# Em    D      A/C#
 There's a time to be talking
       Bm        A       G
 And a time when it's no use.
       G     D/F#      Em         D
 Right now I think the things you say
     A/C#   Bm    A
 Are liable to confuse.

            D   G
 I've just gone solo.
        D    G
 Do you play solo?
       D   A  G D
 Ain't life a solo?

 D/F#   Em        D      A/C#
 What a wonderful way to live,
       Bm             A        G
 She's travelling all over the world.
          G        D/F#    Em
 Why, the fame and all the golden
 D    A/C#    Bm A
 Opportunities unfurled.
    D/F#         Em            D        A/C#
 No time for the gent with the Mulliner Bentley
     Bm     A          G
 And heaven knows what else.
         G        D/F# Em          D
 Why, he wouldn't even stand a chance
      A/C#    Bm A
 With all his oilwells.

          D      G
 She just went solo.
        D    G
 Do you play solo?
       D   A  G D
 Ain't life a solo?

 Guitar solo over verse and chorus chords

      D/F#   Em         D  A/C#
 I've always lived in a mansion
        Bm        A       G
 On the other side of the moon.
      G      D/F#   Em D
 I've always kept a unicorn
       A/C#       Bm     A
 And I never sing out of tune.
         D/F#              Em       D      A/C#
 I could tell you that the grass is really greener
        Bm         A      G
 On the other side of the hill,
       G        D/F# Em       D
 But I can't communicate with you
       A/C#    Bm    A
 And I guess I never will.

            D   G
 We've all gone solo.
        D    G
 We all play solo?
       D   A  G  D    G6
 Ain't life    a solo?


	(Chorus)


Transcribed by Mike Beauvois