The Lonely Life chords by City and Colour

SimplifiedEm · C · G · D · Am

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Intro 1

Verse 1

What if I did not love you?

Where would that leave me

Would I wonder through the avenues

Under a pall of misery

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Verse 2

Would I be face down in the gutter

With cheap whiskey on my breath

The lonely life of a writer

Whose words could not pay his debts

Verse 3
C 
Em 
Singin' please don't,
C 
G 
D 
please don't pass me by
Em 
C 
I am alive, oh can't you see?
G 
That I've been blinded completely
D 
Em 
Please don't,
C 
G 
D 
please don't pass me by
Em 
C 
I am alive, oh can't you see?
G 
That I am pleading for your mercy

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Em 
What if we became strangers?
C 
Would you notice my
Em 
face in a crowd?
And could you hear the sorrow
in my voice?
C 
Helplessly crying your
name out loud
Em 

Verse 5
Would I be searching for a savior?
C 
Em 
Burned and burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
C 
Only if one last desperate request

Verse 6
C 
Em 
Singin' please don't,
C 
G 
D 
please don't pass me by
Em 
C 
I am alive, oh can't you see?
G 
That I've been blinded completely
D 
Em 
Please don't,
C 
G 
D 
please don't pass me by
Em 
C 
I am alive, oh can't you see?
G 
That I am pleading for your mercy
D 

Verse 7
Am 
I've been on the lam
C 
G 
Em 
Am 
Being hunted, somethin' fierce
D 
They say time and tide, it waits for no man
Am 
But I was just hopin'
These storm filled skies
would clear
C 

Verse 8
Em 
C 
Em 
Please don't, please don't pass me by
G 
(Please don't,
D 
Em 
please don't pass me by)
Please don't,
C 
G 
please don't pass me by
D 
(Please don't,
Em 
please don't pass me by)
C 
G 
D 
Please don't, please don't pass me by
Em 
C 
I am alive, oh can't you see?
G 
That I am pleading for your mercy
D 
Em 