Chords for Linda Ronstadt sings "Lush Life" by Billy Strayhorn
Tempo:
113 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [D#]
[E] [Dm]
[F] [A#]
[G#] [F#] [F#m] [F#]
[B]
[D#m] [B]
I used [A] to visit all the [B] very gay places, those come what may places,
where one [F#] relaxes on [A] the axis of the wheel of [D] life,
to [C#] get the feel of [C] life, and jazz [B] and cocktails.
[F#]
[B] The girls I [A] knew had sat in [F#] sullen gray places, [A] with [B] disengaged races,
[C#] that used to be [A] there, you could see where [E] they'd been washed away,
by too [D#m] many through the [C] day, twelve [B] o'clock tales.
[A#] Then [D#m] you came along with your silent song, [C] to tell me to my [Fm] nest.
[A#] I [D#m] thought [D#] for a [D#m] while, that your poignant smile,
[B] was tinged with the sadness, [C#m]
of [F#] a gray love [F#m] for [Bm] me.
[G#] Ah yes, I was wrong, [E]
[G] again, I [F#] was wrong.
[G#]
[Bm] [D] [G#]
[D] [F#] [B] Life [C] is lonely [F#] [B] again, [Gm] and only [B] last year, [E] everything [D#] seemed [D] so sure.
[A] [C] [B] Now life [C] is awful [B] again, [F#] a trough [G#] full of hearts [B] could only [A#] be [Dm] a bore.
[C#] [F#] A week [C#] in Paris [F#] could ease [D] the bite [C] of it,
[Cm] all I care [Gm] is to [A] smile in [Fm]
spite [Em] [F#] of it.
[B]
I'll [C] forget you, [B] I will, [F#] while yet you [B] are still burning inside [G#m] my [Fm] brain.
[C#m] Romance is [C#] mush, [G] stifling those [F#] who strive,
[D#m] [B] so I'll live a [E] lush life, in some [G#] small dark,
[E] and there [E] I'll be, while I rot [F#] with the rest,
[Bm] of
[F] those whose [E] lives are [B] [Em] lonely [B] too.
[E] [Dm]
[F] [A#]
[G#] [F#] [F#m] [F#]
[B]
[D#m] [B]
I used [A] to visit all the [B] very gay places, those come what may places,
where one [F#] relaxes on [A] the axis of the wheel of [D] life,
to [C#] get the feel of [C] life, and jazz [B] and cocktails.
[F#]
[B] The girls I [A] knew had sat in [F#] sullen gray places, [A] with [B] disengaged races,
[C#] that used to be [A] there, you could see where [E] they'd been washed away,
by too [D#m] many through the [C] day, twelve [B] o'clock tales.
[A#] Then [D#m] you came along with your silent song, [C] to tell me to my [Fm] nest.
[A#] I [D#m] thought [D#] for a [D#m] while, that your poignant smile,
[B] was tinged with the sadness, [C#m]
of [F#] a gray love [F#m] for [Bm] me.
[G#] Ah yes, I was wrong, [E]
[G] again, I [F#] was wrong.
[G#]
[Bm] [D] [G#]
[D] [F#] [B] Life [C] is lonely [F#] [B] again, [Gm] and only [B] last year, [E] everything [D#] seemed [D] so sure.
[A] [C] [B] Now life [C] is awful [B] again, [F#] a trough [G#] full of hearts [B] could only [A#] be [Dm] a bore.
[C#] [F#] A week [C#] in Paris [F#] could ease [D] the bite [C] of it,
[Cm] all I care [Gm] is to [A] smile in [Fm]
spite [Em] [F#] of it.
[B]
I'll [C] forget you, [B] I will, [F#] while yet you [B] are still burning inside [G#m] my [Fm] brain.
[C#m] Romance is [C#] mush, [G] stifling those [F#] who strive,
[D#m] [B] so I'll live a [E] lush life, in some [G#] small dark,
[E] and there [E] I'll be, while I rot [F#] with the rest,
[Bm] of
[F] those whose [E] lives are [B] [Em] lonely [B] too.
Key:
B
F#
E
C
A
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F#
E
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_ _ [F] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
I used [A] to visit all the [B] very gay _ places, those come what may places,
where one [F#] relaxes on [A] the axis of the wheel of [D] life,
to [C#] get the feel of [C] life, and jazz [B] and cocktails.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ The girls I [A] knew had sat in [F#] sullen gray places, _ [A] with [B] disengaged races, _ _
[C#] that used to be [A] there, you could see where [E] they'd been washed away,
by too [D#m] many through the [C] day, _ twelve [B] o'clock tales. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ Then [D#m] you came along with your silent song, [C] to tell me to my [Fm] nest.
[A#] _ _ I [D#m] thought [D#] for a [D#m] while, that your poignant smile,
_ [B] was tinged with the sadness, [C#m] _
of [F#] a gray love [F#m] for [Bm] me.
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ Ah yes, _ I was wrong, [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ again, _ _ I [F#] was wrong.
_ [G#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [G#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] Life _ [C] is lonely _ [F#] _ [B] again, [Gm] and only [B] last year, [E] everything [D#] seemed [D] so sure. _
[A] _ _ [C] _ [B] Now life [C] is awful _ [B] again, _ [F#] a trough [G#] full of hearts [B] could only [A#] be [Dm] a bore. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] A week [C#] in Paris [F#] could ease [D] the bite [C] of it,
[Cm] all I care [Gm] is to [A] smile in [Fm]
spite [Em] _ [F#] of it.
[B] _ _
I'll [C] forget you, [B] I will, _ [F#] while yet you [B] are still burning inside [G#m] my _ [Fm] _ brain.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Romance is [C#] mush, _ _ _ [G] stifling those [F#] who strive,
[D#m] _ _ [B] so I'll live a [E] lush life, _ in some [G#] small dark, _
_ _ _ _ [E] and there [E] I'll be, while I rot [F#] with the rest,
_ _ _ _ [Bm] of _
[F] those whose [E] _ _ lives are _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] lonely _ _ _ _ [B] too. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D#] _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
I used [A] to visit all the [B] very gay _ places, those come what may places,
where one [F#] relaxes on [A] the axis of the wheel of [D] life,
to [C#] get the feel of [C] life, and jazz [B] and cocktails.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ The girls I [A] knew had sat in [F#] sullen gray places, _ [A] with [B] disengaged races, _ _
[C#] that used to be [A] there, you could see where [E] they'd been washed away,
by too [D#m] many through the [C] day, _ twelve [B] o'clock tales. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ Then [D#m] you came along with your silent song, [C] to tell me to my [Fm] nest.
[A#] _ _ I [D#m] thought [D#] for a [D#m] while, that your poignant smile,
_ [B] was tinged with the sadness, [C#m] _
of [F#] a gray love [F#m] for [Bm] me.
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ Ah yes, _ I was wrong, [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ again, _ _ I [F#] was wrong.
_ [G#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ [G#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] Life _ [C] is lonely _ [F#] _ [B] again, [Gm] and only [B] last year, [E] everything [D#] seemed [D] so sure. _
[A] _ _ [C] _ [B] Now life [C] is awful _ [B] again, _ [F#] a trough [G#] full of hearts [B] could only [A#] be [Dm] a bore. _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [F#] A week [C#] in Paris [F#] could ease [D] the bite [C] of it,
[Cm] all I care [Gm] is to [A] smile in [Fm]
spite [Em] _ [F#] of it.
[B] _ _
I'll [C] forget you, [B] I will, _ [F#] while yet you [B] are still burning inside [G#m] my _ [Fm] _ brain.
_ _ _ _ [C#m] Romance is [C#] mush, _ _ _ [G] stifling those [F#] who strive,
[D#m] _ _ [B] so I'll live a [E] lush life, _ in some [G#] small dark, _
_ _ _ _ [E] and there [E] I'll be, while I rot [F#] with the rest,
_ _ _ _ [Bm] of _
[F] those whose [E] _ _ lives are _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] lonely _ _ _ _ [B] too. _ _
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