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