Chords with lyrics
Tuning: EADGBE
Intro:
BB G# minorG#m BB G# minorG#m
Verse 1:
BB G# minorG#m BB
We don't speak of names and faces
G# minorG#m
Why should we?
BB G# minorG#m C#m7C#m7
We don't speak of husbands or homes
F#F#
Or work, or wives: un-happy lives
BB G# minorG#m BB
All we've got are lips on faces
G# minorG#m
Moving flawlessly
F#7F#7 BB G# minorG#m BB G# minorG#m
Holding secrets in our clothes
Verse 2:
BB G# minorG#m BB
On the nights I catch you standing
G# minorG#m
Are you waiting for me?
BB G# minorG#m C#m7C#m7
At the counter of this bar
F#F#
Speakeasy, hole in the wall
BB G# minorG#m BB G# minorG#m
We minuet to cigarette and brandy
F#7F#7
Your favorite armagnac
BB G# minorG#m
Prohibition but there's no harm
Chorus:
E MajorE F#F#
But when you strike your goodbye pose
G# minorG#m C#C#
Everybody knows, everybody knows
E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m
The party, well, it goes too
C#C#
And damn it all, darling
E MajorE F#F# BB G# minorG#m BB
The party goes with you
Verse 3:
G# minorG#m BB
...And I'm left with all the messes
G# minorG#m
La, di, da
BB G# minorG#m C# minorC#m
Cleaning up for vows in gold
F#F#
Our fraught affair turned solitaire
BB G# minorG#m
Wishing to take back
BB G# minorG#m
Merely one of my yeses
F#F#
Aching to be yours
BB G# minorG#m
And have my story all retold
Chorus:
E MajorE F#F#
But when you strike your goodbye pose
G# minorG#m C#C#
Everybody knows, everybody knows
E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m
The party, well, it goes too
C#C#
And damn it all, darling
E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m C#C#
The party goes with you
Bridge:
E MajorE F#F#
And when we're dancing nose to nose
G# minorG#m C#C#
Darling do you suppose, oh, darling do you suppose
E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m C#C#
This party could be just us two, and I your wife?
E MajorE F#F# G# minorG#m
Oh, oh, the gayest party, sad but true
C#C#
It's true
E MajorE F#F# BB G#G#
The party goes with you
E MajorE F#F# BB G# minorG#m BB
The party goes with you
G# minorG#m E MajorE
The life of the party
F#F# BB