Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
F
G
I used to visit all the very gay places
F
G
Those come what may places
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G
Am
Where one relaxes on the
Cm
Dm
axis of the wheel of life
Ab
Am
To get the feel of life
D
Daug
G
C
from jazz and cocktails
D
G
The girls I knew had sad
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E
and sullen grey faces
Eb
G
With distant gay traces
Eb
G
Am
that used to be there
Cm
D
been washed away
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Am
By too many through the day
D
Am
Ab
F#
Twelve O 'Clock Tales
Bm
E
with your siren song
Bm
B
Bm
G
C#dim
To tempt me to madness
F#
B
I thought for a while that
your poignant smile
D
F
of a great love for me
E
Am
Oh, yes, I was wrong
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Ebdim
Eb
G
D
G
D
Again, I was wrong
G
Ab
Life is lonely again
G
Ab
G
And only last year
Cm
F
Bb
Everything seemed so clear
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G
Ab
G
Now life is awful again
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G
A trough full of hearts
F#
B
could only be a ball
Eb
D
A week in Paris
C#
F#
D
All I want is to smile in spite of it
G
Ab
I'll forget you, I will
G
D
Bm
E
burning inside my brain
Cm
Eb
D
Romances mush, stifling those who strive
G
C
Bm
E
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
Cm
Eb
Ab
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
D
Eb
G
Ab
Of those whose lives are lonely too
Interlude 1
Ab
Eb
G
Ab
Cm
Bb
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Eb
G
D
Ab
G
Ab
Eb
D
Gb
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D
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C#
F#
D
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D
Ab
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D
F#dim
Bm
Cm
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Gaug
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Abdim
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C
Bm
Cm
Eb
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D
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Gbdim
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G
Bm
Verse 2
F
D
must stifling those who strive
G
Cm
Bm
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
E
Cm
F
Adim
An d there I'll be while I rot with the rest
D
D
Ab
G
Of those whose lives are lonely too
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