City and Colour – The Lonely Life (Guitar)

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Artist: City And Colour/Dallas Green Track: The Lonely Life Album: The Hurry and the Harm Year: 2013 Tabbed by: nEo_pHreAkEr_DecuM (nPx) Email: [email protected] hammer-ons and pull-offs and general strumming pattern throughout the track. It's pretty basic but sounds good playing against the track though I haven't figured the bridge part out other than to say there's
the C/E, G
and Am in there so any input is welcome.
CHORDS: Em7 - 022030 Em - 022000 C/E - 032010 G - 320033 D/F#- 200230 Am - 002210 [Verse 1]
Em7
What if I did not love you?

C/E
Where will that be to me

Em7
But I wander through the avenues

C/E
Under a pall of misery
[Verse 2] (same as verse 1) Would I be face down in a gutter With cheap whiskey on my breath The lonely life of a writer Whose words could not pay his debts [Chorus]
      Em             C/E                   G      D/F#
Saying please don't, please don't pass me by

      Em         C/E
I am alive, oh can't you see?

              G                 D/F#
That I've been blinded completely

      Em             C/E                   G      D/F#
Please don't, please don't pass me by

      Em         C/E
I am alive, oh can't you see?

              G                 D/F#
That I am pleading for your mercy
[Verse 3] (same as verse 1) What if we became strangers? Would you notice my face in a crowd? And you could you hear the sorrow in my voice? Helplessly crying your name out loud [Verse 4] (same as verse 1) Would I be searching for a savior? Burned and burning with regret The lonely life of a writer With one last desperate request [Chorus] (same chords progression) Saying please don't, please don't pass me by I am alive, oh can't you see? That I've been blinded completely Please don't, please don't pass me by I am alive, oh can't you see? That I am pleading for your mercy [Bridge]
D/F#            Am
I've been on the lamb

      G              Em
Being hunted, something fierce

Am                                 D/F#
They say time and tide don't wait for no man

             Am
But I was just hoping

C/E
These storm filled skies will clear
[Chorus] (same chords progression) Please don't, please don't pass me by Please don't, please don't pass me by Please don't, please don't pass me by I am alive, oh can't you see? That I am pleading for your mercy