Lush Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I used [G]to visit all the [F]very gay [G]places
[F]Those come what [G]may places
[F]Where one[G] relaxes on [Am]the
[Cm]axis of the w[Dm]heel of life
[Ab]To get the f[Am]eel of life
[D]from [Daug]jazz and co[G]ckta[C]ils
[D]The gir[G]ls I knew had sad
[F]and sullen [E]grey faces
[Eb]With distant [G]gay traces
[Eb]that [G]used to be [Am]there
You could [F#dim]see how they'd
[Cm]been washed [D]away
[Ab]By too many through the [Am]day
[D]Twelve [Am]O 'Clock Tales[Ab][F#]
Then you [B]came along
[Bm]with your siren [E]song
[Bm]To t[B]empt me to m[Bm]adness[G][C#dim]
[F#]I thou[B]ght for a while that
your poignant smile
[Bm]was tinged with the sadness
[D]of a great love for [F]me
[E]Oh, yes, I was [Am]wrong
[Eb]Again, [Ebdim]I was wrong[Eb][G][D][G][D]
[G]Life is [Ab]lonely again
[G]And onl[Ab]y last yea[G]r
Everything [Cm]seemed [F]so [Bb]clear
[Ab]Now [G]life is [Ab]awful [G]again
[Ab]A trough full of hea[G]rts
could only be [F#]a ba[B]ll
[Eb]A we[D]ek in Paris
would ease the [Ab]bite of it
All I want [C#]is to [F#]smile in spite of [D]it
[G]I'll for[Ab]get you, I will
Though yet you are [Abdim]still
[G]burning inside [D]my [Bm]brai[E]n
Ro[Cm]mances mush, stifling those [Eb]who [D]strive
I'll live [G]a lush life [C]in some [Bm]small [E]dive
And [Cm]there I'll be, [Eb]while I [Ab]rot with the rest
Of [D]those whose [Eb]lives are [G]lonely [Ab]too

[Interlude 1]
[Ab][Eb][G][Ab][Cm][Bb][G][Eb]
[G][D][Ab][G][Ab][Eb]
[D][Gb][Ab][D][F][Ab][C#][F#][D]
[Ab][D][Ab][G][D][F#dim][Bm]
[Cm][F][Gaug][G][Abdim][G][C][Bm]
[Cm][Eb][Ab][D][Eb][F][Gbdim][Ab]
[G][Bm]
Ro[Cm]mances

[Verse 2]
[F]must stifling those who [D]strive
[G]I'll live a lush life [Cm]in some [Bm]small dive
[E]An d [Cm]there I'll be [F]while I rot with the [Adim]rest
[D]Of those whose lives are lon[D]ely too[Ab][G]