Chords for City and Colour - The Lonely Life (Official Music Video)

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_ [Gm] _ _ _ What if I did not love you? _ _ _
_ [Eb] Where _ would that lead me? _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Would I wander through _ avenues _ _ _
Under [Eb] a wall of _ misery? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ Would I be face down in a gutter
_ With _ _ cheap [Eb] _ whiskey on my _ breath? _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ The lonely _ life of a writer _ _
_ _ Whose [Eb] words could not pay his debts _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ Saying please [Eb]
don't, please don't [Bb] ask me why _ _
[F] I [Bb] [Gm] am alive, oh can't you [Eb] see
That [Bb] I've been blinded _ [F]
completely?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ Please [Eb]
don't, please don't ask [Bb] me why
I _ [F]
am _ _ [Gm] alive, oh can't you [Eb] see
That [Bb] I am pleading for your [F] mercy?
_ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ What if we _ became strangers? _ _ _
_ Would [Eb] you _ notice my face in a crowd? _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ And could you hear the sorrow in my voice? _
_ _ _ [Eb] Helplessly crying your _ name out loud _ _
Would _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ I be searching for a savior? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Burned and burning with regret _ _
The _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ lonely _ life of a writer _ _
With _ [Bb] _ [Eb] one last _ desperate _ _ request _
_ _ _ [Gm] Saying _ please [Eb] don't, please don't [Bb] ask me why _
[A] _ [Bb] I [Gm] am alive, oh can't [Eb] you see
[Bb] That I've been blinded [G] completely?
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Please [Eb] don't, please don't [Bb] ask me why _ _
[G] _ _ [Gm] I am alive, oh can't you [Eb] see
That I [Bb] am pleading for your [F] mercy?
_ _ _ _ _ I've been on [Cm] the _ _ lam
_ _ [Bb] Being hunted, _ _ _ _ [Gm] stomped in _ fears _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ They say time and tide awaits [F] for no man _
_ But I [Cm] was just hoping these stone-filled skies [Eb] were clearer _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ Please don't, [Eb] please don't ask [Bb] me why _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ Please [Eb] don't, please don't [Bb] ask me why
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ Please [Eb] don't, please don't ask [Bb] me why
_ [F] _
_ I [Gm] am alive, oh can't [Eb] you see
That [Bb] I am pleading for your [F] mercy?
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