Key: E
Introduction: Eb
Ab
Bb
Eb
Ab
Eb
Ab
Db
Ab
We all lead such elaborate lives
Bb
Eb
Bb7
Eb
Wild ambitions in our sights
Eb
Eb/F
G7
Cm
How an affair of the heart survives
Fm
Ab7M
Bb7
Days apart and hurried nights
Bb
G7
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Cm
I don't want to live like that
Cm
G7
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Cm
I don't want to love like that
Bb
C
C7
F7
Bb7
We all live in extravagant times
Playing games we can't all win
Eb
Ab
Db
Ab
I wish I had the courage
Eb
Ab
Eb
To tell you face to face
F7
But I could wait forever
Bb
Ab
For the perfect time and place
Ab
Eb
We all live such elaborate lives
We don't know whose words are true
Eb
Cm7
Ab
Eb
Bb7
Eb