Lush Life chords by Maria Schafer

SimplifiedD · G · Em · A · E …

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
F 
G 
I used to go to all the very gay places
F 
Those come what may,
G 
F 
G 
places where one relaxes
A 
Bb 
C 
Dm 
On the axis of the wheel of life
Eb 
D 
To get the feel of life
G 
Gm 
G 
Gm 
Ab 
from jazz and cocktails
G 
The girls I knew
F 
G 
had sad and sullen grey faces
F 
G 
With distongued traces
F 
G 
that used to be there
Am 
Bb 
C 
You could see where they'd
Dm 
been washed away
Eb 
Dm 
D 
By too many through the day
Ab 
G 
C#m 
F# 
Twelve o 'clock tales
B 
Then you came along
A 
Bm 
with your siren song
B 
Bm 
B 
C# 
To tempt me to madness
F# 
B 
I thought for a while
G# 
A 
E 
That your poignant smile
Bm 
G 
G# 
Was tinged with the sadness
A 
D 
E 
F 
E 
Of a great love for me
Bb 
A 
F 
A 
Ah yes, I  was wrong again
E 
Eb 
E 
B 
E 
I was wrong
A 
Bb 
F 
A 
Life is lonely again
Bb 
F 
Am 
And only last year
A 
Ab 
G 
C 
G 
everything seemed so sure
Bb 
F 
A 
Bb 
F 
A 
Now life is awful again
E 
Bb 
A 
E 
A 
G# 
C# 
A truffle of hearts could only be a bore
B 
Eb 
E 
Bm 
B 
A week in Fer ris
Eb 
E 
C 
F 
might ease the bite of it
Bb 
Eb 
Ab 
All I want is  to smile, in spite of it
A 
Bb 
F 
A 
I'll forget you, I will
Bb 
F 
A 
While yet you are still
Ab 
G 
F# 
Burning inside my brain
Bm 
B 
Bm 
D 
Ooh, romance is mush
G 
F 
E 
Stifling those who strive
G 
A 
D 
G 
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
F# 
Bm 
D 
G 
F 
And there I'll stay while I rot
E 
C 
with the rest of those
B 
Bb 
D# 
A 
E 
A 
D 
C# 
whose lives are lonely too
B 
A 
C#m 
A 
B 
C# 
F# 
Bm 
B 
E 
You