Chords for Life Itself

_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
[Dm] We met down in [Bb] the valley where the wine of love [Dm] and destruction flows _ _ _ _
There in that curve of darkness where the flowers of _ temptation grow
I _ _ _ left the rest for [Bb] the others, it [Dm] was you and nothing _ [Bb] else
_ [Dm] _ _ You felt so good to [Bb] me, baby, [Dm] as good as life itself
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] You were life itself, [F] rushing [Bb] over me
Life [Gm] itself, [F] the wind and [Bb] the black elves _
[Gm] Life itself, [F] in your heart and [Bb] in your eyes
[Dm] I can't make it without you
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
knew you were in trouble, _ and anyone could have did
_ _ _ _ You carried your little black book from which all your secrets filled
You _ _ _ _ squandered [Dm] all your riches, your beauty and your wealth
_ Like _ _ you had no further use for, for life itself
_ You [Gm] were life itself, [Am] rushing [Bb] over me _
[Gm] Life itself, [F] the wind and the black [Bb] elves
Life [Gm] itself, [F] in your heart and [Bb] in your eyes
I can't make it without _ you
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Why do the things that we treasure most slip away in time?
_ _ _ _ Till to the music we grow deafened, to God's beauty blind
_ _ _ _ Why do the things that [Bb] connect [Dm] us [Gm] slowly pull [Dm] us apart?
_ _ _ _ Till we fall away in our [Bb] own darkness, [Dm] _ stranger to our own hearts
_ _ [Gm] And life itself, [F] rushing [Bb] over me _
[Gm] Life itself, [F] the wind and [Bb] the black elves _
[Gm] Life itself, [Am] in your heart and [Bb] in your eyes
I can't make it without you
So here's one [Gm] for the road, [F] and here's one [Bb] for your health
And [Gm] life itself, [Am] rushing [Bb] over me _
[Gm] Life itself, [F] the wind and [Bb] the black elves _
[Gm] Life itself, [Am] in your heart and [Bb] in your eyes
[Dm] I can't make it without you
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Life itself
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] Life [F] itself
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] Life itself
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _