Written by Elton John / Tim Rice
Intro: Eb Cm add 7 Ab Eb/Bb Bb Eb Ab/Eb Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab We all lead such elaborate lives Bb Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb Ebsus Eb Wild ambitions in our sights Eb Eb/F G7 Cm How an affair of the heart survives Fm/Ab Abmaj7 Bb7 Days apart and hurried nights Bb Bb G7 Seems quite unbelievable to me Cm I don't want to live like that Cm Cm G7 Seems quite unbelievable to me Cm I don't want to love like that Bb C C7 F7 Bb7 Bb Ab/Eb Eb I just want our time to be slower and gentler, wi-----ser, free We all live in extravagant times Playing games we can't all win Unintended emotional crimes Take some out, take others in I'm so tired of all we're going through I don't want to live like that I'm so tired of all we're going through I don't want to love like that I just want to be with you now and forever, peaceful, true Eb Ab Db/Ab Ab I wish I had the courage Eb Ab/Eb Eb To tell you face to face F7 But I could wait forever Bb Ab/Bb For the perfect time and place Ab/Bb Eb (rest of verse same as 1st) We all live such elaborate lives We don't know whose words are true Strangers, lovers, husbands, wives Hard to know whose loving who Too many choices tear us apart I don't want to live like that Too many choices tear us apart I don't want to love like that I just want to touch your heart, may this confession be the start Fine: Eb Cm7 Ab Eb/Bb Bb7 Eb