Being Alive Chords & Tabs

by Neil Patrick Harris

[Content]
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
             Fmaj9G
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/GG13
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/GG13
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/GG13
For being a-live
|FMaj7/G    |Dm/G G13
Make me a-live
Dm/G        Ab/Bb
Make me con-fused
             C     
Mock me with praise
Cdim      Ab/Bb
Let me be used
        Dm/GG13
Vary my days
Dm/G  Dm/GG13
But A-lone
G9 G9   F/G G13
is a -- lone
F/G G9   Dm/GG13
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/GG13
To help us sur-vive
Dm/G    Dm/GG13
Being A-live
Dm/G    Dm/GG13
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.