Chords for Wang Chung - To Live and Die in L.A. (Extended Version)
Tempo:
106 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Db
F
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bbm]
[Eb] [Db]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, the heat of the day, every time you go away,
I have to be by your side [Eb] together, every time [Bb] you're away.
[Eb] In the [Bb] heat of the day, [Bb]
in the dark of the night,
every time I turn the light, feel the darkness,
not in heaven, in the dark of the night.
[Eb] In the dark of [F] the night.
[Bb]
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I left [Cm] my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
[Gb] [Eb]
I die in LA.
[Db] I wonder why we [Bbm] waste our lives here,
[F] when we could run away [Db] to paradise.
[Eb] But I am held in [Cm] something that's above us,
and I [Ab] can't get away,
[Ebm] [Eb] from living and dying in LA.
[F] [Db] [F]
[Db] [Eb]
[Bb] If I let myself go, and go where others don't know,
I may be getting some cold new river,
that's left out to the sea.
[Bbm] The unknown sea.
I'd either swim or I'd drown,
my feet keep falling down and down,
the kiss that makes me quiver,
just to keep falling down,
and down, [F] and down, and down.
[Db]
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
[Ebm]
[Ab] I die in LA.
[Eb] [C]
[Bbm] [F]
[G] [Eb] [G] I wonder why.
In every word that you say,
[Gm] I feel my freedom slip away.
I [Eb] feel the bars fall down,
[Cm] around us, and I can't [C] get away.
I wonder
[Db] why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we [Db] spend these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in our life, [Ebm]
[Eb] die in our life
[Ebm]
[Db] I wonder why we [Bb] waste our lives here
[F] When we could run [Db] away to paradise
[Eb] But I have held on [Cm] something that's above us
[Ab] And I can't get away, [Ebm] [Eb]
die in our life
[F] And I can't get away
[Db] And I
[Eb] [F]
[F]
[Db] can't get [Eb] away
[F]
[Db] [Eb]
[Db] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[F]
[Db] [Eb]
[F]
[C]
[Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[F]
[Eb] [Db]
[Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] Oh, the heat of the day, every time you go away,
I have to be by your side [Eb] together, every time [Bb] you're away.
[Eb] In the [Bb] heat of the day, [Bb]
in the dark of the night,
every time I turn the light, feel the darkness,
not in heaven, in the dark of the night.
[Eb] In the dark of [F] the night.
[Bb]
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I left [Cm] my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
[Gb] [Eb]
I die in LA.
[Db] I wonder why we [Bbm] waste our lives here,
[F] when we could run away [Db] to paradise.
[Eb] But I am held in [Cm] something that's above us,
and I [Ab] can't get away,
[Ebm] [Eb] from living and dying in LA.
[F] [Db] [F]
[Db] [Eb]
[Bb] If I let myself go, and go where others don't know,
I may be getting some cold new river,
that's left out to the sea.
[Bbm] The unknown sea.
I'd either swim or I'd drown,
my feet keep falling down and down,
the kiss that makes me quiver,
just to keep falling down,
and down, [F] and down, and down.
[Db]
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
[Ebm]
[Ab] I die in LA.
[Eb] [C]
[Bbm] [F]
[G] [Eb] [G] I wonder why.
In every word that you say,
[Gm] I feel my freedom slip away.
I [Eb] feel the bars fall down,
[Cm] around us, and I can't [C] get away.
I wonder
[Db] why I [Bb] never know again.
[F] I wonder why we [Db] spend these nights together.
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in our life, [Ebm]
[Eb] die in our life
[Ebm]
[Db] I wonder why we [Bb] waste our lives here
[F] When we could run [Db] away to paradise
[Eb] But I have held on [Cm] something that's above us
[Ab] And I can't get away, [Ebm] [Eb]
die in our life
[F] And I can't get away
[Db] And I
[Eb] [F]
[F]
[Db] can't get [Eb] away
[F]
[Db] [Eb]
[Db] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[F]
[Db] [Eb]
[F]
[C]
[Db] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[F]
Key:
Eb
Db
F
Bb
Cm
Eb
Db
F
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Oh, the heat of the day, every time you go away,
I have to be by your side [Eb] together, every time [Bb] you're away.
_ _ [Eb] In the [Bb] heat of the day, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
in the dark of the night,
every time I turn the light, feel the darkness,
not in heaven, in the dark of the night.
_ _ [Eb] _ In the dark of [F] the night.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I left [Cm] my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb]
I die in LA. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why we [Bbm] waste our lives here, _
[F] when we could run away [Db] to paradise. _
[Eb] But I am held in [Cm] something that's above us,
and I [Ab] can't get away,
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] from living and dying in LA. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] If I let myself go, and go where others don't know,
I may be getting some cold new river,
that's left out to the sea.
_ [Bbm] _ The unknown sea.
_ _ _ _ I'd either swim or I'd drown,
my feet keep falling down and down,
the kiss that makes me quiver,
just to keep falling down,
_ _ and down, [F] and down, and down.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] I die in LA.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] I wonder why.
In every word that you say,
[Gm] I feel my freedom slip away.
I [Eb] feel the bars fall down,
[Cm] around us, and I can't [C] get away.
_ _ _ _ I wonder
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we [Db] spend these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in our life, [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] die in our life
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Db] I wonder why we [Bb] waste our lives here
[F] When we could run [Db] away to paradise _
[Eb] But I have held on [Cm] something that's above us
[Ab] And I can't get away, _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
die in our life _ _ _
[F] And I can't get away _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ And I _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ can't get _ _ _ [Eb] away
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Oh, the heat of the day, every time you go away,
I have to be by your side [Eb] together, every time [Bb] you're away.
_ _ [Eb] In the [Bb] heat of the day, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
in the dark of the night,
every time I turn the light, feel the darkness,
not in heaven, in the dark of the night.
_ _ [Eb] _ In the dark of [F] the night.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I left [Cm] my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Eb]
I die in LA. _ _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why we [Bbm] waste our lives here, _
[F] when we could run away [Db] to paradise. _
[Eb] But I am held in [Cm] something that's above us,
and I [Ab] can't get away,
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] from living and dying in LA. _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] If I let myself go, and go where others don't know,
I may be getting some cold new river,
that's left out to the sea.
_ [Bbm] _ The unknown sea.
_ _ _ _ I'd either swim or I'd drown,
my feet keep falling down and down,
the kiss that makes me quiver,
just to keep falling down,
_ _ and down, [F] and down, and down.
_ [Db] _ _ _ _
[Db] I wonder why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we spend [Db] these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in LA,
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] I die in LA.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] I wonder why.
In every word that you say,
[Gm] I feel my freedom slip away.
I [Eb] feel the bars fall down,
[Cm] around us, and I can't [C] get away.
_ _ _ _ I wonder
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ why I [Bb] never know again. _
[F] I wonder why we [Db] spend these nights together. _
[Eb] There's a small room I [Cm] left my life forever.
I [Ab] wonder why in our life, [Ebm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] die in our life
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Db] I wonder why we [Bb] waste our lives here
[F] When we could run [Db] away to paradise _
[Eb] But I have held on [Cm] something that's above us
[Ab] And I can't get away, _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] _
die in our life _ _ _
[F] And I can't get away _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ And I _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Db] _ can't get _ _ _ [Eb] away
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