Elaborate lives
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Intro: Eb Cm add 7 Ab Eb/Bb Bb
Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
We all lead such elaborate lives
Bb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Ebsus Eb
Wild ambitions in our sights
Eb Eb/F G7 Cm
How an affair of the heart survives
Fm/Ab Abmaj7 Bb7
Days apart and hurried nights
Bb Bb G7
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Cm
I don't want to live like that
Cm Cm G7
Seems quite unbelievable to me
Cm
I don't want to love like that
Bb C C7 F7 Bb7
Bb Ab/Eb Eb
I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wi-----ser, free
We all live in extravagant times
Playing games we can't all win
Unintended emotional crimes
Take some out, take others in
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to live like that
I'm so tired of all we're going through
I don't want to love like that
I just want to be with you now and forever, peaceful, true
Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab
I wish I had the courage
Eb Ab/Eb Eb
To tell you face to face
F7
But I could wait forever
Bb Ab/Bb
For the perfect time and place
Ab/Bb Eb (rest of verse same as 1st)
We all live such elaborate lives
We don't know whose words are true
Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives
Hard to know whose loving who
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to live like that
Too many choices tear us apart
I don't want to love like that
I just want to touch your heart, may this confession be the start
Fine: Eb Cm7 Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb
How to play Elaborate lives
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Eb. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.