[E7] [A] [E7] [Fdim] [A] [E7] [Fdim] [A]
I used to visit all the very gay places, Those come what may places
[E7] [A] [D9] [A] [Cdim] [Am7]
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
[Fdim] [Am7] [Fdim] [Am7]
To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails
[E7] [A] [E7] [Fdim] [A]
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
[E7] [Fdim] [A]
with distingue traces
[E7] [A] [D9] [A] [Cdim] [Am7]
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
[Fdim] [Am7] [Fdim] [Am7]
By too many through the day twelve o' clock tales
[A7] [Dm] [A7] [Dm] [Dm] [Gm] [Dm]
Then you came along with your siren song to tempt me to madness
[A7] [Dm] [A7] [Dm] [Dm] [Gm] [A]
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
[Gdim] [Fdim]
Of a great love for me
[Fdim] [Gdim] [Fdim] [E] [Dm6] [F]
I guess, I was wrong, again I was wrong
[Bb] [Fm] [Bb]
Life is lonely again
[F] [Bb6] [F] [Bb] [A] [C#]
And only last year everything seemed so sure
[C] [Bb] [Fm] [Bb]
Now life is awful again
[F] [Bb6] [F] [Bb] [A] [C#]
A trough full of hearts could only be a bore
[F] [B] [F] [B] [Bb]
A week in Paris could ease the bite of it
[Bb] [Bbm9] [Bb] [Cdim] [Bbm9]
All I care is to smile in spite of it
[Bb] [Bbm9] [Bb] [F7] [Bb6]
I'll forget you I will, while yet you are still
[F] [Bb] [A] [C#]
Burning inside my brain
[F] [Fdim] [Fdim] [Bb] F7/6
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
[Bb9] [Cdim] [Bb] [Gm7] [Gdim]
I'll live a lush life in some small dive
[Bb] [Bbm] [Cdim] [Bb] F7/6
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
[F7] [Eb] [E7] [F7] [F#7] [F7] [Gdim] [Bb]
of those whose lives are lonely, too
