Being Alive chords

Being Alive

• C6/9

I cannot say in terms of guitar playing. These are the chords for piano. Arranged from a 
copy of the lyrics, intense watching of the musical, a copy of the P/C score, and a 
copy of the sheet music and chords for the "solo" version. Arrangement is my own.

PLAYING NOTES: C6/9 is played as a bass note (C, G or A, vary it as you wish) for 1 
beat, followed by the chord played on the second beat.

Generally, it starts quiet, and the dynamics and tempi increase over the breaks between sections.

TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4

INTRO: |C6/9| x2

|C6/9                    |F/G
 Someone to hold you too close
|C6/9                   |G7b9
 Someone to hurt you too deep
|C6/9                  |Am7
 Someone to sit in your chair
             |Fmaj9       |G|
 To ruin your sleep

BREAK: |C6/9|F/G| x4

|C6/9                   |F/G
 Someone to need you too much
|C6/9                   |G7b9
 Someone to know you too well
|C6/9                  |Am7
 Someone to pull you up short
                    |Fmaj9       |G|
 And put you through hell

BREAK: |C6/9|F/G| x4

|C6/9                   |F/G
 Someone you have to let in
|C6/9                      |G7b9
 Someone whose feelings you spare
|C6/9                  |Am7
 Someone who like it or not
                 |Fmaj9
 Will want you to share
            |Am7/D
 A little, A lot

BREAK: |G Gsus2 G|Gsus4 G Gsus2 G|

|C6/9                     |F/G
 Someone to crowd you with love
|C6/9                   |G7b9
 Someone to force you to care
|C6/9                    |Am7
 Someone to make you come through
                 |Fmaj9
 Who'll always be there
                 |Am7/D
 As frightened as you
           |Dm/G G13
 Of being a-live
|Dm/G  FMaj7/G|Dm/G G13
       Being A-live
|Dm/G  FMaj7/G|Dm/G G13
       Being A-live
|Dm/G         |C6/9
       Being A-live

BREAK: |F/G|C6/9|F/G|

|C6/9                |F/G
 Somebody hold me too close
|C6/9                |G7b9
 Somebody hurt me too deep
|C6/9              |Am7
 Somebody sit in my chair
            |Fmaj9
 And ruin my sleep
              |Am7/D
 And make me a-ware
           |Dm/G G13
 Of being a-live
|Dm/G  FMaj7/G|Dm/G G13
       Being A-live

|C6/9                |F/G
 Somebody need me too much
|C6/9                |G7b9
 Somebody know me too well
|C6/9               |Am7
 Somebody pull me up short
                   |Fmaj9
 And put me through hell
                |Am7/D
 And give me sup-port
            |Dm/G G13
 For being a-live
|FMaj7/G    |Dm/G G13
   Make me a-live

|Dm/G F/G        |Ab/Bb
      Make me con-fused
             |C
 Mock me with praise
Cdim      |Ab/Bb
 Let me be used
        |Dm/G G13
 Vary my days
|Dm/G G7    |Dm/G G13
       But A-lone
|G9    G9#5|F/G  G13
    is a -- lone
|F/G G9     G9#5|Dm/G G13
        not a -- live

|Dm/G G13|

|C6/9                  |F/G
 Somebody crowd me with love
|C6/9                 |G7b9
 Somebody, force me to care
|C6/9                 |Am7
 Somebody make me come through
               |Fmaj9
 I'll always be there
                 |Am7/D
 As frightened as you
               |Dm/G G13
 To help us sur-vive
|Dm/G  G13     |Dm/G G13
        Being A-live
|Dm/G  G13     |Dm/G G13
        Being A-live
|Dm/G  FMaj7/G|G    |C    Bb/C|
       Be  --  ing a-live

OUTRO: |C Bb/C|C Bb/C|C11|

PLAYING NOTES: Ritardando over the outro. I don't have access to an instrument to check 
the final "Being Alive", but it slows down, with grandeur.

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