The Lonely Life by City and Colour
Key: DmDm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Verse 1
Dm7
What if I did not love you?
Bb/D
Where will that be to me
Dm7
But I wander through the avenues
Bb/D
Under a pall of misery
Verse 2
(same as Verse 1)
Would I be face down in a gutter
With cheap whiskey on my breath
The lonely life of a writer
Whose words could not pay his debts
Chorus
      Dm             Bb/D                   F      C/E
Saying please don't, please don't pass me by
      Dm         Bb/D
I am alive, oh can't you see?
              F                 C/E
That I've been blinded completely
      Dm             Bb/D                   F      C/E
Please don't, please don't pass me by
      Dm         Bb/D
I am alive, oh can't you see?
              F                 C/E
That I am pleading for your mercy
Verse 3
(same as Verse 1)
What if we became strangers?
Would you notice my face in a crowd?
And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice?
Helplessly crying your name out loud
Verse 4
(same as Verse 1)
Would I be searching for a savior?
Burned and burning with regret
The lonely life of a writer
With one last desperate request
Chorus
(same chords progression)
Saying please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I've been blinded completely
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy
Bridge
C/E            Gm
I've been on the lamb
      F              Dm
Being hunted, something fierce
Gm                                 C/E
They say time and tide don't wait for no man
             Gm
But I was just hoping
Bb/D
These storm filled skies will clear
Chorus
(same chords progression)
Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
Please don't, please don't pass me by
I am alive, oh can't you see?
That I am pleading for your mercy