Intro:
Eb 4 count
Ab 4 count
Abm 4 count
Eb 4 count
EbAb
Someone to hold you too close,
EbFdim
Someone to hurt you too deep,
EbCm
Someone to sit in your chair,
Gm/AbGm
To ruin your sleep.
EbAb
Someone to need you too much,
EbFdim
Someone to know you too well,
EbCm
Someone to pull you up short
Ab
And put you through hell.
EbAb
Someone you have to let in,
EbFdim
Someone whose feelings you spare,
EbCm
Someone who, like it or not,
Ab
Will want you to share
Gm/AbGmA little, a lot.
EbAb
Someone to crowd you with love,
EbFdim
Someone to force you to care,
EbCm
Someone to make you come through,
Ab
Who'll always be there,
Eb
As frightened as you
Fm7
Of being alive,
Being alive,
Being alive,
Eb
Being alive.
KEY CHANGEEA
Somebody, hold me too close
EEdim
Somebody, hurt me too deep,
EBm
Somebody, sit in my chair
Gbm
And ruin my sleep
Gbm
And make me aware
Em7
Of being alive,
Being alive.
EA
Somebody, need me too much,
EEdim
Somebody, know me too well,
EBm
Somebody, pull me up short
A
And put me through hell
AD
And give me support
Em
For being alive,
Make me alive,
Make me alive,
C
Make me confused,
DE
Mock me with praise,
DbC
Let me be used,
DB
Vary my days.
F
But alone is alone, not alive.
EA
Somebody, crowd me with love,
EEdim
Somebody, force me to care,
EBm
Somebody, let me come through,
A
I'll always be there,
D
As frightened as you,
Em
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.