otherwise

 Capo 3rd Fret
 (Gm) Em        022000
 (Eb) C        x32010
 (Dm  Bm        x24432
 (Cm) Am        x02210
 (D)  B        x24442
 (F)  D        xx0232
 (F7) D7        XX0212
 Intro :  C   Bm    D   D7
 Em                C            Bm
 Otherwise we'd be dancing on a beach 
        Am
 In the starlight
        B
 With a margarita each
 Em                C           Bm
 Otherwise we'd be riding on a bus
      Am
 Into nowhere
 B
 Babe I wish it was 
 C             Bm                             D
 Otherwise Not barely getting through another night
          C                 Bm                                D
 With the curtains drawn to keep us from seeing other peoples lives
 C       Em       C              Bm
 Otherwise we'd be rolling in the aisles
         Am            Bm
 And the kids would be rolling their eyes
 C              Bm                          D
 Otherwise we're holding on to the lifeboat sides
         C          Bm                      D
 And the only thing keeping us afloat is to dream what might have been 
 C
 Otherwise
 Instrumental : C   Em  C   D   C   Em   C   D   D7
 Em               C           Bm
 Otherwise I'd be leaving you alone
              Am
 Not watching you try 
             B
 To push the blood back in a stone
 Em             C              Bm
 Otherwise we'd walk along the sea 
     Am           B
 Not realise that life is going to be 
 C
 Otherwise
 Bm                 D                C
 Babe I wish it was otherwise
 Bm                 D                C        Bm        D       D7
 Babe I wish it was otherwise ... Yeah

 Neil Parry December 2020