Lush Life chords by Nancy Harms

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F
Am
C
Dm
Cm
Bb
Eb
Ab
Abdim
Daug
Aaug
Gdim
F#aug
F#
Bm
E
C#dim
Bbdim
D
Fdim
A
Gm
F#dim
B
Abm
C#
Ebdim
Esus4
Dsus4
Em
F#m

Verse 1
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F 
G 
I used to visit all the very gay places
Am 
G 
Those come -what -may places
Am 
C 
G 
Am 
Where one relaxes on  the
Dm 
Cm 
Dm 
Bb 
axis of  the wheel of life
Eb 
G 
Am 
To  get the feel of life
Ab 
Abdim 
G 
Ab 
From jazz     and cocktails
Daug 
G 
F 
The girls I knew had sad
C 
G 
and sullen gray faces
F 
G 
with disjointed traces,
they used to be there,
Am 
Cm 
Bb 
you could see where they'd been washed away
Aaug 
Gdim 
G 
by     too many through the day,
C 
Ab 
G 
twelve o 'clock
F#aug 
F# 
Then     you came along
Bm 
F#aug 
with your siren song
E 
Bm 
C#dim 
to tempt me madness
C 
F# 
Bm 
F#aug 
I thought for a while that your poignant smile    was
Bm 
Bbdim 
Am 
D 
E 
tinged with the sad      ness of a   great love for me
Fdim 
E 
A 
Ah, yes, I was wrong
Eb 
Am 
D 
Again, I was wrong
G 
Ab 
Gm 
Life is lonely again
G 
Ab 
And only last year
G 
F# 
F#dim 
Bb 
A 
Everything seemed so       sure
Ab 
G 
Ab 
G 
Now life is awful again
C 
Ab 
A  trough full of hearts
G 
F# 
B 
Daug 
A 
Could only be a   bore
D 
Cm 
Eb 
D 
Ab 
A  week in Paris  will ease the bite of it
Abm 
C# 
F# 
F 
Ebdim 
G 
All I care is to smile in spite of       it
Ab 
G 
I'll forget  you, I will,
Ab 
G 
F# 
F 
E 
Esus4 
E 
while yet you are still burning inside my brain.
Am 
C 
Cm 
Romance is mush,
F 
C 
stifling those who strive.
Dsus4 
Ab 
Cm 
G 
Gm 
A 
Now      I'll live a lush life in
C#dim 
Em 
F 
Bm 
E 
some small dive
Am 
Cm 
D 
Cm 
And there I'll be  while I rot
Dsus4 
D 
Bb 
with the rest of       those
A 
Ab 
E 
F#m 
Ab 
G 
whose lives are lonely too.
Abm 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
G 
Ab 
Daug 
G 
you