Chords for Lush Life

_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Fm] I used to [B] visit all the [C#] very gay [B] places, _ [C#] those come [C#] what may places, [G#] _
_ where one [D#] relaxes on
the axis of [G#] the wheel of life [A] _ to get [G#] the feel of life [Em] _ _ from [C#m] jazz and cocktails.
[E] _ _ _ [Fm] The girls I knew had [C#] sad and sullen gray [B] faces _ _ with [C#] distant gay traces _ [D#] _
that used to [C#] be there
you [Fm] could see where [G#] they'd been washed away [A] by too many through the _ [D] day.
_ Twelve o'clock [C#] tail.
_ [A#m] _ _ [A] _ _
Then [Fm] you came along with your [Fm] siren song to tempt me to madness.
[A] _
_ _ I [Fm] thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged [F#m] with the sadness [C#] of a great _ love [F] for me.
_ [D] _
_ _ _ I _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ again, [D#] _ _
_ I _ was _ _
[F#] wrong.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ Life [Em]
is lonely _ _ [C#] again _ _
_ [Bm] and [E] only last [C#m] year [C#] _ _ [F#m] _ [D#] everything seemed [E] so sure.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Now life [Em] is awful [D] _
_ _ [C#] again.
_ _ [Bm] A trough [E] full [C#] of hearts _ [G#] _
could [F#m] only [C] be a bore. _
[F] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ A week in [C#] _ Paris _ _ [G] _
leaves [Em] the bite of it.
_ [D] _
_ All I [Dm] care [G] _
[C] is to smile [Fm] in spite [F#] of it.
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D] I'll forget [Em] you, _ I will. _ _ _
_ _ [C#] You are still _
[C] burning [G#m] _ [Fm] inside my _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ brain.
[F#m] _ _
Romance [B] is mush, [C#m] _ _ [A] stifling _ [G#] those who strive.
_ [C#] _
_ I'll live a [G#m] lush life _ _
[Fm] in some [A#] small [Bm] _ dive.
[F#m] And _ [B] there I'll be _ [A] while I rot with [F] the rest _
_ [G#] of those [Am] _ [A#m] whose [Bm] lives [Cm] are _ _ [Fm] lonely [G#m] too.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [D#m] _
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[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ _ [A#] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] Romance _ _
[B] is mush, _ _ _ [A] stifling those _ who [F] strive. _ _
_ [C#] I'll live a lush [F#] _
life in _ some _
_ [Cm] small _ [A#] dive. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ And _ [F#m] there _ I'll [C#m] be _ _ _ while I [A] rot with [D] the rest [D#] _
_ of [G#m] those _ [Am] whose [A#m] lives [Bm] are _ _ _ [C] lonely _ _ [Am] too. _ _ _
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