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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
Bm Em
No little shack do you share with me
A7 Dmaj7
We do not flee from a mortgagee
G Em7
Nary a care in the world have we
A7 Em7 A7 D6
How can love survive?
Bm Em
You're fond of bonds and you own a lot
A7 D
I have a plane and a diesel yacht
G Em7
Plenty of nothing you haven't got
A7 Em7 A7 D6
How can love survive?
Verse 2:
A7sus A7 D Em9 A7 D6
No rides for us on the top of a bus
B7+5 E7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7
In the face of the freezing breezes
F#7 Bm D7 G
You reach your goals in your comfy old Rolls
Em7 E7 A7sus A7 Gmaj7 F#7
Or in one of your Mercedeses
Verse 3:
Bm Em7
Far, very far off the beam are we
A7 Dmaj7
Quaint and bizarre as a team are we
G Em9
Two millionaires with a dream are we
A11 Em9 A7 Am7 D7
We're keeping romance alive
Gmaj7 Em7-5 D Bm
Two millionaires with a dream are we
Em7 A7 D
We'll make our love survive
Interlude:
C Bm F#7
Verse 4:
Bm Em
No little cold water flat have we
A7 Dmaj7
Warmed by a glow of insolvency
G Em7
Up to your necks in security
A7 Em7 A7 D6
How can love survive?
Bm Em
How can I show what I feel for you?
A7 D
I cannot go out and steal for you
G Em7
I cannot die like Camille for you
A7 Em7 A7 D6
How can love survive?
Verse 5:
A7sus A7 D Em9 A7 D6
You millionaires with financial affairs
B7+5 E7 Em7 A7 Em7 A7
Are too busy for simple pleasure
F#7 Bm D7 G
When you are poor it is toujours l'amour
Em7 E7 A7sus A7 Gmaj7 F#7
For l'amour all the poor have leisure!
Verse 6:
Bm Em7
Caught in our gold plated chains are we
A7 Dmaj7
Lost in our wealthy domains are we
G Em9
Trapped by our capital gains are we
A11 Em9 A7 Am7 D7
But we're keeping romance alive
Gmaj7 Em7-5 D Bm
Trapped by our capital gains are we
Em7 A9 D
We'll make our love survive!
Song History
Last Updated: August 20, 2020