Intro
C Am F C/G G
[Verse]
C F/C C F A# F
We all lead such elaborate lives
F G C/G G C F/C C
Wild ambitions in our sights
C Fb7 Am
How an affair of the heart survives
Am Dm/F G C/G G
Days apart and hurried nights
[Bridge]
Fb/G#
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Am
I don't want to live like that
Fb/G#
Seems quite unbelievable to me
F
I don't want to love like that
G A
I just want our time to be
D7 G Cbadd9
Slower and gentler, wiser, free
C F/C C
[Chorus]
F/C C F A#/F F
We all live in extravagant times
F G C/G G C F/C C
Playing games we can't all win
C Fb7 Am
Unintended emotional crimes
F F/C F G C/G G
Take some out, take others in
[Bridge]
G Fb/G#
I'm so tired of all we're going through
Fb/G# Am
I don't want to live like that
Am Fb/G#
I'm so tired of all we're going through
Am F
I don't want to love like that
G A
I just want to be with you
A D7 G F/C C
Now and forever, peaceful, true
C F A#/F F
This may not be the moment
F A# C F/C C
to tell you face to face
C D/A
But I could wait forever
D/F# G G7
for the perfect time and place
[Chorus]
F/G C F/C C F A#/F F
We all lead such elaborate lives
F G C/G G C F/C C
We don't know whose words are true
C C Fb Am
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Am F Dm/F G C/G G
Hard to know who's loving who
G Fb/G#
Too many choices tear us apart
Fb/G# Am
I don't want to live like that
Am Fb/G#
Too many choices tear us apart
F
I don't want to love like that
Dbadd9 A
I just want to touch your heart
A D7
May this confession
G5 C5/F C5/G G5 C
Be the start