Verse 1Cm
Under rich relentless skies,
A#
Take the bet and set it high,
G#Cm
I felt you walk right through me.
CmD#
You're the thing that I invoke,
A#
My own persistent goal,
G#Cm
Sent to make me queasy.
Pre-ChorusA#Cm
And oh, it's hard now.
A#Cm
With time it works out.
ChorusD#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#
I'm not ready to give up
D#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#
I'm not ready to give up.
InterludeD#A#CmG#Verse 2Cm
All the tigers have me now,
A#
I don't care, I hear them howl,
G#Cm
I let them tear right through me.
Cm
And you help me not to care,
A#
With every breath comes a prayer,
G#Cm
Take this pain from me.
Pre-ChorusA#Cm
And oh, you're so far now.
A#Cm
So far from my arms now.
ChorusD#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#
I'm not ready to give up
D#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#
I'm not ready to give up.
InterludeD#A#CmG#BridgeD#
To be human,
A#
To be human,
CmG#
To be human.
Cm * D# *
Just 'cause I predicted this,
G# * A# *
Doesn't make it any easier to live with,
Cm * D# *
And what's the point of knowing it,
G# *
If you can't change it?
A# *
You can't change, can't change it.
Cm * D# *
Just 'cause I predicted this,
G# * A# *
Doesn't make it any easier to live with,
Cm * D# *
And what's the point of knowing it,
G# *
If you can't change it?
A# *
You can't change, can't change it
ChorusD#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#
I'm not ready to give up
D#A#
To be human is to love,
Cm
Even when it gets too much.
G#D#A#Cm
There's no reason to give up.
G#D#A#Cm
Don't give up, no.
G#D#
Don't give up.
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