Margareth Whiting

Being Alive(Chords)

Margareth Whiting

Key: Eb

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	        Introd.: Eb Ab/Eb Abm/Eb Eb  

Eb                      Ab/Eb  
Someone to hold you too close  
Eb                      Fdim/Eb  
Someone to hurt you too deep  
Eb                     Cm  
Someone to sit in your chair  
Gm/Ab                 Gm/F  
To ruin your sleep  
Eb                      Ab/Eb  
Someone to need you too much  
Eb                      Fdim/Eb  
Someone to know you too well  
Eb                     Cm  
Someone to pull you up short  
                    Ab  
And put you through hell  
Eb                      Ab/Eb  
Someone you have to let in  
Eb                         Fdim/Eb  
Someone whose feelings you spare  
Eb                      Cm  
Someone who, like it or not  
                 Ab  
Will want you to share  
Gm/Ab            Gm/F  
A little, a lot  
Eb                        Ab/Eb  
Someone to crowd you with love  
Eb                      Fdim/Eb  
Someone to force you to care  
Eb                       Cm  
Someone to make you come through  
                 Ab  
Who'll always be there  
                 Eb/F  
As frightened as you  
         Fm7/Bb  
Of being alive  
                                                  Eb     Key Change E 
Being alive, being alive, being alive  
E                     A/E  
Somebody, hold me too close  
E                     Edim/D  
Somebody, hurt me too deep  
E                   Bm  
Somebody, sit in my chair  
F#m/A              
And ruin my sleep  
            F#m/E  
And make me aware  
         Em7/A  
Of being alive, being alive  
E                     A/E  
Somebody, need me too much  
E                     Edim/D  
Somebody, know me too well  
E                   Bm  
Somebody, pull me up short  
                   A  
And put me through hell  
A           D/E  
And give me support  
          Em/A  
For being alive, make me alive, make me alive,  
        C/D  
Make me confused  
D            E  
Mock me with praise  
C#/F      C/D  
Let me be used  
D       B  
Vary my days 
                        F  
But alone is alone, not alive  
E                     A/E  
Somebody, crowd me with love  
E                     Edim/D  
Somebody, force me to care  
E                   Bm  
Somebody, let me come through  
                A  
I'll always be there 
                 D/E  
As frightened as you  
           Em/B  
To help us survive  
                               E  
Being alive, being alive, being alive
	        

Written by Stephen Sondheim

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