Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
B minorBm E minorEm
No little shack do you share with me
A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
We do not flee from a mortgagee
G+G E minor 7Em7
Nary a care in the world have we
A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D6D6
How can love survive?
B minorBm E minorEm
You're fond of bonds and you own a lot
A7A7 D MajorD
I have a plane and a diesel yacht
G+G E minor 7Em7
Plenty of nothing you haven't got
A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D6D6
How can love survive?
Verse 2:
A7sus A7A7 D MajorD Em9Em9 A7A7 D6D6
No rides for us on the top of a bus
B7B7+5 E7E7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7
In the face of the freezing breezes
F#7F#7 B minorBm D7D7 G+G
You reach your goals in your comfy old Rolls
E minor 7Em7 E7E7 A7sus A7A7 Gmaj7Gmaj7 F#7F#7
Or in one of your Mercedeses
Verse 3:
B minorBm E minor 7Em7
Far, very far off the beam are we
A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Quaint and bizarre as a team are we
G+G Em9Em9
Two millionaires with a dream are we
A11A11 Em9Em9 A7A7 Am7Am7 D7D7
We're keeping romance alive
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Em7-5 D MajorD B minorBm
Two millionaires with a dream are we
E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D MajorD
We'll make our love survive
Interlude:
C majorC B minorBm F#7F#7
Verse 4:
B minorBm E minorEm
No little cold water flat have we
A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Warmed by a glow of insolvency
G+G E minor 7Em7
Up to your necks in security
A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D6D6
How can love survive?
B minorBm E minorEm
How can I show what I feel for you?
A7A7 D MajorD
I cannot go out and steal for you
G+G E minor 7Em7
I cannot die like Camille for you
A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 D6D6
How can love survive?
Verse 5:
A7sus A7A7 D MajorD Em9Em9 A7A7 D6D6
You millionaires with financial affairs
B7B7+5 E7E7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Are too busy for simple pleasure
F#7F#7 B minorBm D7D7 G+G
When you are poor it is toujours l'amour
E minor 7Em7 E7E7 A7sus A7A7 Gmaj7Gmaj7 F#7F#7
For l'amour all the poor have leisure!
Verse 6:
B minorBm E minor 7Em7
Caught in our gold plated chains are we
A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7
Lost in our wealthy domains are we
G+G Em9Em9
Trapped by our capital gains are we
A11A11 Em9Em9 A7A7 Am7Am7 D7D7
But we're keeping romance alive
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Em7-5 D MajorD B minorBm
Trapped by our capital gains are we
E minor 7Em7 A9A9 D MajorD
We'll make our love survive!