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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