Intro:
Eb 4 count
Ab/Eb 4 count
Abm/Eb 4 count
Eb 4 count
EbAb/Eb
Someone to hold you too close,
EbFdim/Eb
Someone to hurt you too deep,
EbCm
Someone to sit in your chair,
Gm/AbGm/F
To ruin your sleep.
EbAb/Eb
Someone to need you too much,
EbFdim/Eb
Someone to know you too well,
EbCm
Someone to pull you up short
Ab
And put you through hell.
EbAb/Eb
Someone you have to let in,
EbFdim/Eb
Someone whose feelings you spare,
EbCm
Someone who, like it or not,
Ab
Will want you to share
Gm/AbGm/FA little, a lot.
EbAb/Eb
Someone to crowd you with love,
EbFdim/Eb
Someone to force you to care,
EbCm
Someone to make you come through,
Ab
Who'll always be there,
Eb/F
As frightened as you
Fm7/Bb
Of being alive,
Being alive,
Being alive,
Eb
Being alive.
KEY CHANGEEA/E
Somebody, hold me too close
EEdim/D
Somebody, hurt me too deep,
EBm
Somebody, sit in my chair
Gbm/A
And ruin my sleep
Gbm/E
And make me aware
Em7/A
Of being alive,
Being alive.
EA/E
Somebody, need me too much,
EEdim/D
Somebody, know me too well,
EBm
Somebody, pull me up short
A
And put me through hell
AD/E
And give me support
Em/A
For being alive,
Make me alive,
Make me alive,
C/D
Make me confused,
DE
Mock me with praise,
Db/FC/D
Let me be used,
DB
Vary my days.
F
But alone is alone, not alive.
EA/E
Somebody, crowd me with love,
EEdim/D
Somebody, force me to care,
EBm
Somebody, let me come through,
A
I'll always be there,
D/E
As frightened as you,
Em/B
To help us survive
Being alive,
Being alive,
E
Being alive!
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.