Em = 022000  Cmaj7 = x32000  G = 320033  D/F# = 20023x 

Intro   Em   |    |    |    |Cmaj7 |    |    |    ||


Verse 1
Em                           Cmaj7
 What if I did not love you? Where would that leave me?
Em                                          Cmaj7
 Would I wander through the avenues under a pall of misery?
Em                                       Cmaj7
 Would I be face down in a gutter with cheap whiskey on my breath?
Em                                 Cmaj7
 The lonely life of a writer whose words could not pay his debts


Chorus
       Em              Cmaj7                G      D/F#
 Saying please don't, please don't pass me by
        Em                  Cmaj7              G             D/F#
 I am alive, oh can't you see that I've been blinded completely
Em              Cmaj7                G      D/F#
 Please don't, please don't pass me by
      Em                   Cmaj7         G                  D/F#
I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy


Interlude   Em   |    |    |    ||


Verse 2
Em                                     Cmaj7
 What if we became strangers? Would you notice my face in a crowd?
Em                                         
 And could you hear the sorrow in my voice 
            Cmaj7
 Helplessly crying your name out loud?
Em                                   Cmaj7
 Would I be searching for a saviour, burned and burning with regret?
Em                                Cmaj7
 The lonely life of a writer with one last desperate request


Chorus
       Em              Cmaj7                G      D/F#
 Saying please don't, please don't pass me by
        Em                  Cmaj7              G             D/F#
 I am alive, oh can't you see that I've been blinded completely
Em              Cmaj7                G      D/F#
 Please don't, please don't pass me by
      Em                   Cmaj7         G                  D/F#
I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy




Bridge
D                   Am        G                Em
 I've been on the lam, being hunted something fierce
Am                                    D/F#
 They say time and tide it waits for no man
                Am                                      C
 But I was just hoping these storm filled skies would clear

                                
Chorus
Em              Cmaj7                G                D/F#
 Please don't, please don't pass me by (please don't please don't pass me by)
Em              Cmaj7                G                D/F#
 Please don't, please don't pass me by (please don't please don't pass me by)
Em              Cmaj7                G      D/F#
 Please don't, please don't pass me by
      Em                   Cmaj7         G                  D/F#    Em
I am alive, oh can't you see that I am pleading for your mercy