City And Colou - The Lonely Life CAPO 3rd Em = 022000 Cmaj7 = x32000 G = 320033 D/F# = 20023x Intro Em | | | |Cmaj7 | | | || Verse 1 Em Cmaj7 What if I did not love you? Where would that leave me? Em Cmaj7 Would I wander through the avenues under a pall of misery? Em Cmaj7 Would I be face down in a gutter with cheap whiskey on my breath? Em Cmaj7 The lonely life of a writer whose words could not pay his debts Chorus Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Saying please don't, please don't pass me by Em Cmaj7 G D/F# I am alive, oh can't you see that I've been blinded completely Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Please don't, please don't pass me by Em Cmaj7 G D/F# I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy Interlude Em | | | || Verse 2 Em Cmaj7 What if we became strangers? Would you notice my face in a crowd? Em And could you hear the sorrow in my voice Cmaj7 Helplessly crying your name out loud? Em Cmaj7 Would I be searching for a saviour, burned and burning with regret? Em Cmaj7 The lonely life of a writer with one last desperate request Chorus Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Saying please don't, please don't pass me by Em Cmaj7 G D/F# I am alive, oh can't you see that I've been blinded completely Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Please don't, please don't pass me by Em Cmaj7 G D/F# I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy Bridge D Am G Em I've been on the lam, being hunted something fierce Am D/F# They say time and tide it waits for no man Am C But I was just hoping these storm filled skies would clear Chorus Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Please don't, please don't pass me by (please don't please don't pass me by) Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Please don't, please don't pass me by (please don't please don't pass me by) Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Please don't, please don't pass me by Em Cmaj7 G D/F# Em I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy
