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E7 A E7 Fdim A I used to visit all the very gay places E7 Fdim A Those come what may places E7 A D9 A Cdim A7M Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life Fdim A7M Fdim A7M To get the feel of life from jazz and cocktails E7 A E7 Fdim A The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces E7 Fdim A With distant gay traces E7 A D9 A Cdim A7M That used to be there you could see where they'd been washed away Fdim A7M Fdim 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 Gdim Fdim Of a great love for me Gdim Fdim 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 Bb Bbm9 Bb Cdim 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 Fdim Fdim Bb F7/13 Romance is mush, stifling those who strive Bb9 Cdim Bb Gm7 Gdim So I'll live a lush life in some small dive Bb Bbm Cdim Bb F7/13 And there I'll be, while I rot with the rest F7 Eb E7 F7 F#7 F7 Gdim Bb Of those whose lives are lonely, too
Written by Billy Strayhorn
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