Chords for Burt Bacharach performs "Alfie" at 92nd Street Y Spring Gala

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_ _ _ _ It's very special to be back in New York and be _ honored like this.
I thank everybody _ _ _ for _ the energy and the talent _ to make this evening happen. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's special to me also because _ _ so much of my life was spent here in New York. _ _ _
Growing up here and then _ so _ many of the songs I wrote, I wrote in the Brill Building, _ 1619 Broadway. _ _
_ _ So many of the records that I made, _ particularly the records with Dion, we made at Del San, _ right here in New York City. _
I _ _ went to school here, not far from here, at Manist Music School. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ don't know.
It was a long time ago.
_ I also want to thank everybody that _ I've collaborated with.
You can't have a song _ without somebody giving you words.
_ _ Of course, Hal David. _
_ Big, big, _ _ _ good fortune to run into Hal in the Brill Building.
It was like a music factory in those days. _
Hal David, Bob Hilliard, _ _ _ _ _ Carol Bayer Sager, _ _ _ who became my third wife. _
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We wrote some good songs together.
_ Produced a good son, too. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Elvis _ Costello, writing with Elvis.
That was _ _ very special. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And let's see.
Am I omitting anybody?
I mentioned Bob Hilliard, Tony O'Keefe, _ _ recently been writing with Stephen Sater.
_ So _ _ thank you for being here this evening and _ _ supporting _ _ _ _ this _ _ _ _ very special Y.
I grew up _ hearing about the 92nd Street Y. _ _ _ _
It's been here a long time.
_ _ I'd like to do this song for you.
_ _ _ It's _ _ one of the best lyrics that Hal David ever wrote.
_ _ _ And _ maybe _ _ _ one of the best lyrics anybody ever wrote.
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What's it all about? _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Alfie, _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] is it just for the moment _ _ [Dm] we live?
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What's [Cm] it all about _ _ when _ _ [Dm] you sort it out, [F] Alfie?
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_ [Cm] Are [Gm] we meant _ [Eb] to take more [E] _ than [A] we give?
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Are [G] we meant _ [Eb] to be kind?
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_ [Eb] And if _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] only [Bb] fools are kind, _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Alfie. _ _
Then _ [Bb] I guess _ it [Gm] is wise [Dm] to be cruel.
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And [Gm] if life belonged _ _ only [Cm] _ _ [Dm] to the strong, _ Alfie.
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_ [Cm] What [Gm] will you lend [Eb] _ [Fm]
on an _ [Bb] old _ [A] golden rule?
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As sure _ as [F] I _
_ [Db] believe.
_ _ _ [Dm] There's a heaven _ [Am] _ _ above, _ _ _ _ Alfie.
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[Am] _ I know _ there's something _ [F] _ [Fm] much more. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Something even [Eb] _
_ [Cm] non _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Dm]-believers _ _ [F] _ can _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ believe _
[Cm] in.
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_ [F] _ _ I believe in love, _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ Alfie. _ _
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Without [Eb] true love we just [Dm] exist, _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ Alfie.
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Eb] Until you find the love [Dm] _ you've missed, _ _ _ [Gm] you're nothing, _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Alfie. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ When you walk, _ let your heart _ [Bb] _ lead [A] the way. _
_ And [E] _ _ _ _ [Cm]
you'll [Gm] find _ [F] love _ [Eb] _ _
any [Cm] _ day, _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ Alfie, _ _
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_ _ Alfie. _ _ _ _
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