Lush Life chords by Billy Eckstine

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D
A
Gdim
G
Bbm
Eb
C
F#m
Gm
C#
Bbdim
Db
Gbm
Ab
Abm
B
Em
Bbaug
Bb
Cm
Fm
E
Gsus4
F#dim
Bm
F#

Verse 1
D 
A 
Gdim 
D 
I,  (D major)  (A major)  (Gdim)  (D major) I used to visit all
these very gay places
Those come what may places
G 
Where one relaxes on  (G major) the axis
A 
of the wheel of  (A major) life
Bbm 
A 
D 
 (B flat minor) To get a  (A major) feel of life  (D major) 
Eb 
A 
D 
 (E flat major) From  (A major) jazz  (D major) and cocktails

Verse 2
C 
The girls I knew  (C major) had sad and
D 
 (D major) sullen grey faces
F#m 
With distant gay traces  (F sharp minor) 
G 
D 
 (G major) That used to  (D major) be there
You could see where
Gm 
A 
C# 
 (G minor) they've been washed  (A major) away  (C sharp major) 
Bbm 
Bbdim 
D 
Eb 
 (B flat minor) By     (B flatdim) too many  (D major) through the  (E flat major) day
D 
Twelve  (D major) o'clock tales
Db 
Gbm 
 (D flat major) Then  (G flat minor) suddenly you

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Verse 3
came along
With a siren song
Ab 
Abm 
It tempts me to mad (A flat major)  (A flat minor) ness
Db 
Gbm 
 (D flat major) I    (G flat minor) thought for a while
that your poignant smile
B 
Was tinged with the sadness...  (B major) 
Em 
A 
C 
 (E minor) Of a great love  (A major) for  (C major) me
Bbaug 
A 
B 
Em 
Bb 
 (B flataug) But,  (A major)  (B major) I was  (E minor) wrong  (B flat major) 
A 
Bb 
G 
I was wrong  (A major)  (B flat major)  (G major) 
Gm 
Gdim 
A 
 (G minor)  (Gdim)  (A major) 

Verse 4
D 
 (D major) 
Eb 
Cm 
C 
D 
A 
Life  (E flat major) is  (C minor) lonely  (C major)  (D major) again,  (A major) 
Eb 
Gdim 
Eb 
 (E flat major) And only  (Gdim) last    (E flat major) week,
D 
Db 
C 
Fm 
E 
Eb 
 (D major) everything  (D flat major) seemed  (C major) so  (F minor)  (E major) sure.  (E flat major) 
Bb 
D 
B 
Eb 
Cm 
D 
 (B flat major) Now life  (D major)  (B major) is  (E flat major) awful  (C minor)  (D major) again,
B 
Eb 
Gdim 
C 
D 
 (B major) A trough  (E flat major)  (Gdim) full   of  (C major) hearts  (D major) will
Db 
Gbm 
E 
A 
probably be a  (D flat major) bore,  (G flat minor) a bore  (E major)  (A major) 
D 
A  (D major) week I might go to

Verse 5
Em 
E 
 (E minor) Par  (E major) is
A 
Ab 
Bb 
 (A major) At least a  (A flat major) bite of it  (B flat major) 
Eb 
Ab 
C# 
Ab 
C# 
 (E flat major) All, all  (A flat major) I    (C sharp major)  (A flat major) want to do  (C sharp major) is
C 
D 
laugh in spite  (C major) of it  (D major) 
C 
Cm 
I'll for (C major) get you,  (C minor) 

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) I will
B 
Eb 
 (B major) And yet  (E flat major) you are still
D 
C# 
C 
F#m 
B 
 (D major) Burning in (C sharp major) side my  (C major)  (F sharp minor) brain  (B major) 
Em 
Gm 
Romance  (E minor)  (G minor) is mush
Bb 
A 
And it stifles  (B flat major) those who  (A major) strive
D 
Gsus4 
Well  (D major) I'll live a lush  (Gsus4) life
C# 
C 
F#dim 
in  (C sharp major) some  (C major) small  (F sharpdim) dive
B 
Bm 
Em 
Gm 
Bb 
 (B major)  (B minor) And  (E minor) I, I'll  (G minor) be   (B flat major) 
C 
Em 
Bbaug 
Bbdim 
 (C major) al (E minor) right  (B flataug) with     the rest  (B flatdim) 
F# 
A 
E 
Eb 
 (F sharp major) All  (A major)  (E major) those whose lives  (E flat major) 
D 
A 
are  (D major) lonely  (A major) too
A 
 (A major) 