The Lonely Life

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 : fattyratty@live . co . uk tuning : eadgbe capo 3rd all chords are relative to the capo on the 3rd fret . listen out for his signature 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 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) would i be searching for a savior? burned and burning with regret the lonely life of a writer with one last desperate request ( Chorus ) 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 ) i’ve been on the lamb being hunted , something fierce they say time and tide don’t wait for no man but i was just hoping these storm filled skies will clear ( Chorus ) 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