The Lonely Life chords by City and Colour
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Intro 1
(E minor) (C major)
(E minor)
Verse 1
What if I (E minor) did not love you?
Where (C major) would that leave me (E minor)
Would I wonder through the avenues
Under (C major) a pall of misery
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Verse 2
(E minor)
Would I be face down in the gutter
With cheap (C major) whiskey on my breath (E minor)
The lonely life of a writer
Whose words (C major) could not pay his debts
Verse 3
(C major)
Singin' (E minor) please don't,
(C major) please don't pass me by (G major) (D major)
I am alive, (E minor) oh can't you see? (C major)
That I've been blinded (G major) completely
(D major) (E minor) Please don't,
(C major) please don't pass me by (G major) (D major)
I am alive, (E minor) oh can't you see? (C major)
That I am pleading (G major) for your mercy
Interlude 1
(D major) (E minor)
Verse 4
What if we (E minor) became strangers?
Would you no (C major) tice my
face in a crowd? (E minor)
And could you hear the sorrow
in my voice?
Helplessly crying (C major) your
name out loud
(E minor)
Verse 5
Would I be searching for a savior?
Burned (C major) and burning with regret (E minor)
The lonely life of a writer
Only if one (C major) last desperate request
Verse 6
(C major)
Singin' (E minor) please don't,
(C major) please don't pass me by (G major) (D major)
I am alive, (E minor) oh can't you see? (C major)
That I've been blinded (G major) completely
(D major) (E minor) Please don't,
(C major) please don't pass me by (G major) (D major)
I am alive, (E minor) oh can't you see? (C major)
That I am pleading (G major) for your mercy
(D major)
Verse 7
I've been on the lam (A minor)
Be (C major) ing (G major) hunted, somethin' (E minor) fierce (A minor)
They say time and tide, it waits for no (D major) man
But I was just (A minor) hopin'
These storm filled skies
would clear
(C major)
Verse 8
(E minor)
Please don't, please don't (C major) pass me by (E minor)
(G major) (Please don't,
(D major) please don't pass me (E minor) by)
Please don't,
(C major) please don't pass me by (G major)
(Please don't, (D major)
(E minor) please don't pass me by)
Please don't, (C major) please don't pass me by (G major) (D major)
I am alive, (E minor) oh can't you see? (C major)
That I am pleading (G major) for your mercy
(D major) (E minor)
The Lonely Life
City and Colour
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