Lush Life chords by Bobby Scott

SimplifiedC · Bb · Ddim · G · Em …

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C
Bb
Ddim
G
Em
B
A
D
Dm
F
Eb
Ebm
C#
Ab
Edim
Aaug
Bbm
Adim

Verse 1
C 
Bb 
C 
Ddim 
C 
I used to visit all
the reggae places
Bb 
C 
Those come with me places
Bb 
G 
C 
Where one relaxes on the
axis of the wheel of life
G 
To get the feel of life
C 
Bb 
from jazz and cocktails
C 
Well the girls I knew
G 
C 
Bb 
had sad and sullen grey faces
C 
With the distant gay traces
Bb 
C 
G 
That used to be there, you could see where they'd been washed away by too many through the day,
Em 
twelve o 'clock tells
B 
C 
Then you came along
with your silent song
to tempt me to madness
B 
Em 
I thought for a while that your
A 
poignant smile
C 
Em 
was tinged with the sadness
B 
D 
Dm 
G 
Bb 
of a great love for me
A 
D 
Oh, yes, I was wrong,
C 
G 
once again, I  was wrong.
C 
Bb 
C 
Now life is lonely again,
Bb 
C 
F 
and only last year everything
Bb 
Eb 
D 
seemed so sure.
C 
G 
B 
C 
Now life is aw ful again.
G 
C 
A trough full of hearts
B 
could only be a boy.
D 
G 
D 
A weekend in Paris
G 
Ebm 
C# 
Ab 
could help ease the bite of it
C# 
Ab 
C# 
Dm 
C 
G 
All I care is  to  smile in spite of it
C 
Bb 
B 
C 
I'll forget you, I will,
G 
Eb 
G 
C 
although you are still burning inside
A 
C 
Em 
Edim 
Aaug 
my brain
Dm 
C 
Romance is much stifling those in stride
G 
C 
Em 
I  live a lush life in some
A 
Bbm 
small dive
Dm 
C 
Adim 
And they all be well, right with the rest
G 
Bb 
G 
Of those whose lives are lonely,
C 
Bb 
C 
too