Chords for Blossom Dearie - Lush Life

_ This song is called Lush Life.
It was written by Billy Strayhorn.
He wrote the words and the music.
It's a very sad song and it took me 11 years to learn.
_ _ Very difficult to play and even harder to sing. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And on top of that it's sad. _ _ _ _
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_ I [Db] used to [B] visit all the [Db] very gay places, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gbm] those come what [Db] may places, _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Gbm] where [Db] one [Ab] relaxes [Abm] on the [E] axis of [Abm] the wheel of [E] life
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[Am] _ _ to get the [Bb] feel of life [Ab] on jazz [Bbm] and cocktails. _
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_ _ _ [Db] The friends I knew [B] had sad and sullen [Db] gray faces
_ with _ _ _ [B] _ [Db] distant gay traces
_ that _ [Gbm] [Db] used to be there [Abm] you could tell where they'd been washed away
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[B] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ by too [Bb] many through the day [Ab] twelve [Fm] o'clock tales.
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_ _ Then you [Gm] came along [D] _ with your siren song to tempt me [Bbm] to madness.
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_ _ _ _ I thought [D] for a while [Fm] that your [D] poignant smile
was tinged [Em] with the sadness _ _ _ [Gb] _
of a great [Db] love of me. _
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Ah yes I was [Ebm] _ wrong. _ _
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[G] _ _ _ [A] Again I was [Gb] wrong.
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[Bbm] _ _ _ Life [Bm] is [Ab] lonely [Bb] again _ _ [Ab] and only last [Bb] year
_ everything [Gm] _ [A] seemed so [Abm] sure.
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_ _ _ _ Now [Bb] _
[Ab] life is awful _ [Bb] again.
[Ab] A trough full [Bb] of hearts _ _ could [F]
only [Bb] be _ [Am] a bore.
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ A _ [Eb] _ _
_ week in Paris _ will ease [G] the _ [D] bite [Db] of it.
_ [D] _ _ [Am] All I care is to [B] smile [G] in [Gbm] spite [Ab] of _ it. _ _ _ _
_ I'll [E] forget you [Ab] I will while yet you [Bb] are still
_ Burning _ [G] _ [E] inside my [Eb] brain _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] romance _ [Gbm] is [D] mush
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_ _ stifling _ [A] those who [C] _ strive.
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I'll [F] live [E] a lush [Ebm] life in some small [Bb] _ dime _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ There [Gbm] I'll beat _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [C] with the rest _ _ [Abm] of _ [E] those
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[Gbm] whose _ _ [D] lives _ _
[G] _ are _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [B] lonely _
[Dbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ too.
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