Key: A
E7
A Fº
A
I used to visit all the very gay places
E7
Fº
A
Those come what may places
E7
A
D9
A
Cº
A7M
Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life
Fº
A7M
Fº
A7M
To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails
E7
A
E7
Fº
A
The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces
E7
Fº
A
With distant gay traces
E7
A
D9
A
Cº
A7M
That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away
Fº
A7M
Fº
A7M
By too many through the day twelve o'clock tales
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
Dm7
Gm
Dm
Then you came along with your siren of song to tempt me to madness
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
Dm7
Gm
A
I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness
Gº
Fº
Of a great love for me
Gº
Fº
E
Dm6
F
Ah yes! I was wrong again, I was wrong
Melody
Bb
Fm
Bb
F
Bb6
F
Bb
A
C#
Life is lonely again, and only last year everything seemed so sure
C
Bb
Fm
Bb
F
Bb6
F
Bb
A C#
Now life is awful again, a trough full of hearts could only be a bore
F
B
F
B
Bb
Bbm9
Bb
Cº
Bbm9
A week in Paris could ease the bite of it all I care is to smile in spite of it
Bb
Bbm9
Bb
F7
Bb6
F
Bb
A
C#
I'll forget you, I will, while yet you are still burning inside my brain
F
Fº
Bb
F7(13)
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive
Bb9
Cº
Bb
Gm7
Gº
So I'll live a lush life in some small dive
Bb
Bbm
Cº
Bb
F7(13)
And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest
F7
Eb
E7
F7
F#7
F7
Gº
Bb
Of those whose lives are lonely, too