I used [E7]to v[A]isit all the [E7]very [Fdim]gay plac[A]es, Tho[E7]se co[Fdim]me what[A] may places
Where [E7]one rel[A]axes [D9]on th[A]e axis [Cdim]of the whe[Am7]el of life
To g[Fdim]et the fee[Am7]l of life from [Fdim]jazz and c[Am7]ocktails
The g[E7]irls I[A] knew had [E7]sad and [Fdim]sullen gray[A] faces
with [E7]disti[Fdim]ngue tr[A]aces
That [E7]used to [A]be there y[D9]ou could [A]see where[Cdim] they'd bee[Am7]n washed away
By t[Fdim]oo many th[Am7]rough the day [Fdim]twelve o'[Am7] clock tales
Th[A7]en yo[Dm]u came [A7]along with your [Dm]siren so[Dm]ng to t[Gm]empt me to[Dm] madness
I[A7] thought[Dm] for a w[A7]hile that yo[Dm]ur poignant [Dm]smile was[Gm] tinged with the [A]sadness
Of a gr[Gdim]eat love fo[Fdim]r me
I[Fdim] guess[Gdim] , I wa[Fdim]s wron[E]g, again [Dm6]I was w[F]rong
L[Bb]ife is [Fm]lonely[Bb] again
A[F]nd only last [Bb6]year [F]everything see[Bb]med [A]so [C#]sure
[C]Now l[Bb]ife is [Fm]awful a[Bb]gain
A tro[F]ugh full of h[Bb6]earts cou[F]ld only[Bb] be [A]a [C#]bore
A w[F]eek in P[B]aris could e[F]ase the bi[B]te of[Bb] it
[Bb]All I c[Bbm9]are is to sm[Bb]ile in s[Cdim]pite of[Bbm9] it
[Bb]I'll for[Bbm9]get you I [Bb]will, while y[F7]et you are s[Bb6]till
Bur[F]ning i[Bb]nside [A]my b[C#]rain
[F] [Fdim] [Fdim] [Bb] F7/6
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
I[Bb9]'ll live a lu[Cdim]sh life in s[Bb]ome s[Gm7]mall d[Gdim]ive
[Bb] [Bbm] [Cdim] [Bb] F7/6
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
[F7]of t[Eb]hose [E7]whose[F7] liv[F#7]es are[F7] lone[Gdim]ly, to[Bb]o
Where [E7]one rel[A]axes [D9]on th[A]e axis [Cdim]of the whe[Am7]el of life
To g[Fdim]et the fee[Am7]l of life from [Fdim]jazz and c[Am7]ocktails
The g[E7]irls I[A] knew had [E7]sad and [Fdim]sullen gray[A] faces
with [E7]disti[Fdim]ngue tr[A]aces
That [E7]used to [A]be there y[D9]ou could [A]see where[Cdim] they'd bee[Am7]n washed away
By t[Fdim]oo many th[Am7]rough the day [Fdim]twelve o'[Am7] clock tales
Th[A7]en yo[Dm]u came [A7]along with your [Dm]siren so[Dm]ng to t[Gm]empt me to[Dm] madness
I[A7] thought[Dm] for a w[A7]hile that yo[Dm]ur poignant [Dm]smile was[Gm] tinged with the [A]sadness
Of a gr[Gdim]eat love fo[Fdim]r me
I[Fdim] guess[Gdim] , I wa[Fdim]s wron[E]g, again [Dm6]I was w[F]rong
L[Bb]ife is [Fm]lonely[Bb] again
A[F]nd only last [Bb6]year [F]everything see[Bb]med [A]so [C#]sure
[C]Now l[Bb]ife is [Fm]awful a[Bb]gain
A tro[F]ugh full of h[Bb6]earts cou[F]ld only[Bb] be [A]a [C#]bore
A w[F]eek in P[B]aris could e[F]ase the bi[B]te of[Bb] it
[Bb]All I c[Bbm9]are is to sm[Bb]ile in s[Cdim]pite of[Bbm9] it
[Bb]I'll for[Bbm9]get you I [Bb]will, while y[F7]et you are s[Bb6]till
Bur[F]ning i[Bb]nside [A]my b[C#]rain
[F] [Fdim] [Fdim] [Bb] F7/6
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
I[Bb9]'ll live a lu[Cdim]sh life in s[Bb]ome s[Gm7]mall d[Gdim]ive
[Bb] [Bbm] [Cdim] [Bb] F7/6
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
[F7]of t[Eb]hose [E7]whose[F7] liv[F#7]es are[F7] lone[Gdim]ly, to[Bb]o
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