Chords for Leon Russell - This Masquerade - Leon And His Piano

[Ab] was the first song in [G] music history to occupy the number one [Cm] spot on the [Bb] jazz, pop, and rhythm [Cm] and blues charts simultaneously.
_ George Benson's [Fm] cover of the [G] song won a Grammy for Record of the Year in _ 1976.
[Cm] _ Are we [B] really happy _ _ [Eb] with this lonely [A] game you play?
_ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Looking for _
[Dm] words to say,
[G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] Searching but not _ [Eb] finding,
_ Understanding _ [A]
anyway,
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ We're [G] lost in this _ _ _ _ [Cm] masquerade.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
[Eb] Both afraid to say,
[Ab] We're just too far [F] away,
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
From [Eb] being close together [Ab] at the start.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Am] We're [D] trying to talk it over,
But the words got in [G] the way.
[Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ We're lost _ [D] inside, _
_ [Dm] This lonely [G] game we play.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [B] Thoughts of leaving [Eb] disappear,
_ [Bb] Each time I [A] see your eye.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ No [Ab] matter how hard [Dm] I try, _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
To [B] understand the reason [Bb] that we,
Carry on this [Am] way.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
We're [G] lost in this _ _ [Fm] _
masquerade.
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ Thoughts of leaving [B] disappear, _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] Every time I see your [Am] eye. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ No matter [Ab] how _ _ hard _ _ [Dm] I try,
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
To _ understand _ [B] the reason,
_ _ _ [Gm] That we carry _ on this [Am] way.
_ [F] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ We're lost [G] in this _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ masquerade.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _
We could just start [G] over, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
But it's oh so _ [A] hard to [F] do,
_ [A] _ _ [Ab] When we're _ _ lost _ [G] in a _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] masquerade. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ [Cm] _