Intro
Ab Fm Db Ab/Eb Eb
[Verse]
Ab Db/Ab Ab Db F# Db
We all lead such elaborate lives
Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
Wild ambitions in our sights
Ab C7 Fm
How an affair of the heart survives
Fm A#m/Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Days apart and hurried nights
[Bridge]
C/E
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Fm
I don't want to live like that
C/E
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Db
I don't want to love like that
Eb F
I just want our time to be
A#7 Eb Cbadd9
Slower and gentler, wiser, free
Ab Db/Ab Ab
[Chorus]
Db/Ab Ab Db Gb/Db Db
We all live in extravagant times
Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
Playing games we can't all win
Ab C7 Fm
Unintended emotional crimes
Db Db/Ab Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Take some out, take others in
[Bridge]
Eb C/E
I'm so tired of all we're going through
C/E Fm
I don't want to live like that
Fm C/E
I'm so tired of all we're going through
Fm Db
I don't want to love like that
Eb F
I just want to be with you
F A#7 Eb Db/Ab Ab
Now and forever, peaceful, true
Ab Db Gb/Db Db
This may not be the moment
Db F# Ab Db/Ab Ab
to tell you face to face
Ab A#/F
But I could wait forever
A#/D Eb Eb7
for the perfect time and place
[Chorus]
Db/Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab Db Gb/Db Db
We all lead such elaborate lives
Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
We don't know whose words are true
Ab Ab C Fm
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Fm Db A#m/Db Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Hard to know who's loving who
Eb C/E
Too many choices tear us apart
C/E Fm
I don't want to live like that
Fm C/E
Too many choices tear us apart
Db
I don't want to love like that
Dbadd9 F
I just want to touch your heart
F A#7
May this confession
Eb5 Ab5/Db Ab5/Eb Eb5 Ab
Be the start