Misc Musicals – The Sound Of Music - How Can Love Survive (Ukulele)

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[Intro]
F
In all the famous love affairs
The lovers have to struggle
C
In garret rooms away upstairs

                      Bb
The lovers starve and snuggle

Gm
They're famous for misfortune which

F
They seem to have no fear of

E7
While lovers who are very rich

         A
You very seldom hear of
[Verse 1]
Dm                     Gm
No little shack do you share with me

C                     F
We do not flee from a mortgagee

Bb                 Gm
Nary a care in the world have we

C              Dm
How can love survive?

Dm                           Gm
You're fond of bonds and you own a lot

C                     F
I have a plane and a diesel yacht

Bb                    Gm
Plenty of nothing you haven't got

C7             F
How can love survive?
[Verse 2]
C            F         C        F
No rides for us on the top of a bus

       Bb          G7       C
In the face of the freezing breezes

A7             Dm            A7        Dm
You reach your goals in your comfy old Rolls

      Bb          G7   C
Or in one of your Mercedeses
[Verse 3]
Dm                    Gm
Far, very far off the beam are we

C                       F
Quaint and bizarre as a team are we

Bb                      Gm
Two millionaires with a dream are we

      F        Bb      C
We're keeping romance alive

F         C             F
Two millionaires with a dream are we

Bb                C    F
We'll make our love survive
F Eb A A [Verse 4]
Dm                   Gm
No little cold water flat have we

C                     F
Warmed by a glow of insolvency

Bb                    Gm
Up to your necks in security

C              Dm
How can love survive?

Dm                    Gm
How can I show what I feel for you?

C                   F
I cannot go out and steal for you

Bb                  Gm
I cannot die like Camille for you

C               F
How can love survive?
[Verse 5]
C         F             C         F
You millionaires with financial affairs

        D7       G7     C
Are too busy for simple pleasure

A7           Dm         A7         Dm
When you are poor it is toujours l'amour

     Bb             G7        C
For l'amour all the poor have leisure!
[Verse 6]
Dm                        Gm
Caught in our gold plated chains are we

C                     F
Lost in our wealthy domains are we

Bb                     Gm
Trapped by our capital gains are we

    F           Bb      C
But we'll keep romance alive

F               C       F
Trapped by our capital gains are we

Bb                 C7       F
We'll make our love survive!