Lush Life chords by Duke Ellington
Verse 1
G
C#dim
Adim
Bm
E
Bm
Em
C#dim
Bm
Ebm
D
G
Am
G
I used to visit all the very gay places
D
G
Those come- what- may places
D
Where one relaxes on the
G
Bb
axis of the wheel of life
F
Bb
Am
To get the feel of life
D
G
From jazz and cocktails
Bm
Bb
F#
Verse 2
C#dim
C
Ebdim
G
The girls
Am
G
Am
I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
D
G
With distingué traces
Am
D
Am
That used to be there
G
You could see where
F
they'd been washed away
Bb
By too many through the day
Am
D
G
F#
Twelve o'clock tales
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Verse 3
Bm
Then you came along
F#
with your siren song
Daug
Bm
To tempt me to madness
F#
Daug
Bm
I thought for a while that
C#m
F#
your poignant smile
Bm
F#
Was tinged with the sadness
Am
F
of a great love for me
E
Abdim
Am
Bb
E
A
Ah yes, I was wrong
Am
F#
Bm
D
Dsus4
Again, I was wrong
G
Am
Verse 4
Daug
B
Bm
D
Eb
G
Life is lonely again
D
Ab
G
And only last year everything
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Bb
F#
Ab
seemed so sure
G
Bm
Bb
F
D
Now life is aw ful again
G
E
G
F#
Bm
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
A
D
Am
D
E
Eb
E
A week in Par is will ease the bite of it
Ab
G
Abm
F#
E
Daug
All I care is to smile in spite of it
G
Eb
Em
I'll forget you, I will
G
While
Verse 5
Ab
Bm
G
yet you are still
Bm
E
Burning in side my, inside my brain
Am
Romance is mush
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Ebdim
Stifling those who strive
Bm
G
Bm
E
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
Am
F
And there I'll be
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C
G
Ebdim
While I rot with the rest
Bm
F#
A
C#m
D
Daug
Of those whose lives are lonely,
G
G
too
Lush Life
Duke Ellington
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