Intro
A# Gm Eb A#/F F
[Verse]
A# Eb/A# A# Eb G# Eb
We all lead such elaborate lives
Eb F A#/F F A# Eb/A# A#
Wild ambitions in our sights
A# D7 Gm
How an affair of the heart survives
Gm Cm/Eb F A#/F F
Days apart and hurried nights
[Bridge]
D/F#
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Gm
I don't want to live like that
D/F#
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Eb
I don't want to love like that
F G
I just want our time to be
C7 F Cbadd9
Slower and gentler, wiser, free
A# Eb/A# A#
[Chorus]
Eb/A# A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
We all live in extravagant times
Eb F A#/F F A# Eb/A# A#
Playing games we can't all win
A# D7 Gm
Unintended emotional crimes
Eb Eb/A# Eb F A#/F F
Take some out, take others in
[Bridge]
F D/F#
I'm so tired of all we're going through
D/F# Gm
I don't want to live like that
Gm D/F#
I'm so tired of all we're going through
Gm Eb
I don't want to love like that
F G
I just want to be with you
G C7 F Eb/A# A#
Now and forever, peaceful, true
A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
This may not be the moment
Eb G# A# Eb/A# A#
to tell you face to face
A# C/G
But I could wait forever
C/E F F7
for the perfect time and place
[Chorus]
Eb/F A# Eb/A# A# Eb Ab/Eb Eb
We all lead such elaborate lives
Eb F A#/F F A# Eb/A# A#
We don't know whose words are true
A# A# D Gm
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Gm Eb Cm/Eb F A#/F F
Hard to know who's loving who
F D/F#
Too many choices tear us apart
D/F# Gm
I don't want to live like that
Gm D/F#
Too many choices tear us apart
Eb
I don't want to love like that
Dbadd9 G
I just want to touch your heart
G C7
May this confession
F5 A#5/Eb A#5/F F5 A#
Be the start