Intro
Eb Cm Ab Eb/A# A#
[Verse]
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab C# Ab
We all lead such elaborate lives
Ab A# Eb/A# A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Wild ambitions in our sights
Eb G7 Cm
How an affair of the heart survives
Cm Fm/Ab A# Eb/A# A#
Days apart and hurried nights
[Bridge]
G/B
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Cm
I don't want to live like that
G/B
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Ab
I don't want to love like that
A# C
I just want our time to be
F7 A# Cbadd9
Slower and gentler, wiser, free
Eb Ab/Eb Eb
[Chorus]
Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
We all live in extravagant times
Ab A# Eb/A# A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
Playing games we can't all win
Eb G7 Cm
Unintended emotional crimes
Ab Ab/Eb Ab A# Eb/A# A#
Take some out, take others in
[Bridge]
A# G/B
I'm so tired of all we're going through
G/B Cm
I don't want to live like that
Cm G/B
I'm so tired of all we're going through
Cm Ab
I don't want to love like that
A# C
I just want to be with you
C F7 A# Ab/Eb Eb
Now and forever, peaceful, true
Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
This may not be the moment
Ab C# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
to tell you face to face
Eb F/C
But I could wait forever
F/A A# A#7
for the perfect time and place
[Chorus]
Ab/A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
We all lead such elaborate lives
Ab A# Eb/A# A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
We don't know whose words are true
Eb Eb G Cm
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Cm Ab Fm/Ab A# Eb/A# A#
Hard to know who's loving who
A# G/B
Too many choices tear us apart
G/B Cm
I don't want to live like that
Cm G/B
Too many choices tear us apart
Ab
I don't want to love like that
Dbadd9 C
I just want to touch your heart
C F7
May this confession
A#5 Eb5/Ab Eb5/A# A#5 Eb
Be the start