The Lonely Life chords by
City And Colour

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Key: G minor

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

Verse 2
Gm Gm 3
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Would I be face down in the gutter
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Gm Gm 3
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With cheap whiskey on my breath
The lonely life of a writer
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Whose words could not pay his debts

Verse 3
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Gm Gm 3
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Singin' please don't,
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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please don't pass me by
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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I am alive, oh can't you see?
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That I've been blinded completely
F F 
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Gm Gm 3
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Please don't,
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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please don't pass me by
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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I am alive, oh can't you see?
Bb Bb 
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That I am pleading for your mercy

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Gm Gm 3
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What if we  became strangers?
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Would you no  tice my
Gm Gm 3
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face in a crowd?
And could you hear the sorrow
in my voice?
Eb Eb 6
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Helplessly crying your
name out loud
Gm Gm 3
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Verse 5
Would I be searching for a savior?
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Gm Gm 3
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Burned and burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
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Only if one last desperate request

Verse 6
Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Singin' please don't,
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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please don't pass me by
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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I am alive, oh can't you see?
Bb Bb 
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That I've been blinded completely
F F 
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Gm Gm 3
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Please don't,
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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please don't pass me by
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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I am alive, oh can't you see?
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That I am pleading for your mercy
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Verse 7
Cm Cm 3
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I've been on the lam
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Gm Gm 3
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Cm Cm 3
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Being hunted, somethin' fierce
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They say time and tide, it waits for no man
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But I was just hopin'
These storm filled skies
would clear
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Verse 8
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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Gm Gm 3
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Please don't, please don't pass me by
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(Please don't,
F F 
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Gm Gm 3
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please don't pass me  by)
Please don't,
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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please don't pass me by
F F 
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(Please don't,
Gm Gm 3
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please don't pass me by)
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Please don't, please don't pass me by
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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I am alive, oh can't you see?
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That I am pleading for your mercy
F F 
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Gm Gm 3
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