Lush Life

I (Db)used to visit (Cb7)all the very (Dbmaj7)gay places,

those (Cb7)(Dbmaj7)comewhatmay places, where (Cb7)one (Dbmaj7)relaxes (Ebm7)on the (Fbmaj7)axis (Gbm7)of the (Abm7)wheel of life to get the (Db6)feel of life from jazz and cocktails.

(D7)The (Db)girls I knew had (Cb7)sad and sullen (Dbmaj7)gray faces,

with (Cb7)(Dbmaj7)distingué traces that (Cb7)used to (Dbmaj7)be there,

(Ebm7)you could (Fbmaj7)see where (Gbm7)they'd been (Abm7)washed away by too many (Db6)throughtheday (D9)twelve (Db6)o'clock tails.

(C7)Then (Fm)you came (Fm6)along with (Fm7)your siren (Fm6)song to (Fm)tempt me to madness,

(C7)I (Fm)thought for a (Fm6)while that (Fm7)your poignant (Fm6)smile was (Db)tinged with the (Edim7)sadness (Ebm7)of a great (Ab9)love for me.

(Bb9)Ah, (Bb7)yes, I was (Ebm7)wrong,

(A7)again I was (Ebm7)wrong!

(Db)Life is (D9)lonely (Db)again, and (D9)only last (Db6)year ev'rything (C7)seemed (B7)so (E)sure.

(D)Now (Db)life is (D7)awful (Db)again, a (D7)troughful of (Db)hearts could only (Db9)be (C7)a (F)bore.

(Eb)A (Ab6)week in (Eb7)Paris will (Ab6)ease the (Em9)bite of (A7)it.

(D)All I (Dm7)care is to (C6)smile (Cb7)in (Bb9)spite (A7)of (Ab9)it.

(Db)I'll (D7)forget you, I (Db)will, while (D7)yet you are (Db6)still burning (C7)inside (B7)my (Bb7)brain.

(Ebm7)Romance is (Gbm9)mush, (Gbm6)stifling (A9)those who strive,

I'll (Dbmaj9)live a (Dbm9)lush (Gb7)life in (Cbmaj9)some (Cb6)small (Fm11)dive,

(Bb7)and (Ebm7)there I'll (Gbm9)be, while (Gbm6)I (A7)rot with the (Ab9)rest of (Fb)those (Eb6)whose (Dmaj7)lives (G9)are (Db6)(D9)lonely,

(Dbmaj7)too.