The Lonely Life Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][C]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
What if [Em]I did not love you?
[C]Where would that leave [Em]me
Would I wonder through the avenues
[C]Under a pall of misery

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

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

[Interlude 1]
[D][Em]

[Verse 4]
What if [Em]we became strangers?
Would you [C]no tice my
face in a [Em]crowd?
And could you hear the sorrow
in my voice?
Helplessly [C]crying your
name out loud
[Em]

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

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

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

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