Chords for Company - Original Broadway Cast: Being Alive
Tempo:
54.95 bpm
Chords used:
D
Ab
G
Eb
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bobby.
[Db] Bobby.
Bobby, baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Bobby.
He's trying to call me. Bobby, [Fm] baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Until I've got nothing in town.
Bobby, love.
Bobby, love. Bobby, honey.
We've been trying to [Db] reach you all day,
and you forgot.
Bobby, there was [Ab] something we wanted to say.
Bobby, there has been nothing we've said.
[D] What do you get?
Someone to hold you [G] too close, [D] someone
Someone to hurt you [A] too deep.
[D] Someone to sit in [B] your chair to ruin your sleep.
That's true.
But there's more than that.
Is that all you [G] think there is to it?
You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't one good
reason for being alone.
Come on, you're onto something, Bobby.
You're onto [D] something.
Someone to need you too much.
[A] Someone to know you too well.
[D] Someone to pull you [Gb] up short, to put you [G] through hell.
See what you look for, you know.
You're not a kid [Em] anymore, Robbie.
I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, giddo.
Hey, buddy, don't be afraid that it won't be perfect.
The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.
Don't stop now.
Keep going.
[D] Someone you have to [G] let in.
[D] Someone whose feelings [A] you spare.
Someone who, like it or not, will [G] want you to share a [B] little, a lot.
And what does all that [Em] mean?
Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?
It's [G] much better living it than looking at it, Robert.
Add them up, Bobby.
Add them up.
[B] Someone to [D] crown you with [B] love.
Someone to force you to care.
Someone to make you come through, [Em] who'll always be [G] there,
as [E] frightened as you of [A] being alive.
[Em] Being [G] alive.
Being alive.
[D] Being alive.
[Eb]
Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish.
Want something.
Want something.
Somebody hold [Ab] me too close.
[Eb] Somebody hurt me too deep.
Somebody [C] sit in my chair [Ab] and ruin my sleep
and make me [Fm] aware of being [F] alive.
[Ab] Being alive.
[Eb] Somebody need [Ab] me too much.
[Eb] Somebody know me too well.
Somebody [C] pull me up short and [Ab] put me through hell
and give me support for being alive.
Make me alive.
Make me alive.
Make me [Abm] confused.
[Eb] Lock me with praise.
Let [Abm] me be used.
Vary my [Fm] days.
But alone is alone.
[Ab] Not alone.
[Eb] Somebody crown me with love.
Somebody force me to care.
Somebody make me come through.
I'll always be there, [Gm] as frightened as you.
The help us [Ab] survive.
Being alive.
Being alive.
[Eb] Being alive.
[Bb] [Eb] [N]
[Db] Bobby.
Bobby, baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Bobby.
He's trying to call me. Bobby, [Fm] baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Until I've got nothing in town.
Bobby, love.
Bobby, love. Bobby, honey.
We've been trying to [Db] reach you all day,
and you forgot.
Bobby, there was [Ab] something we wanted to say.
Bobby, there has been nothing we've said.
[D] What do you get?
Someone to hold you [G] too close, [D] someone
Someone to hurt you [A] too deep.
[D] Someone to sit in [B] your chair to ruin your sleep.
That's true.
But there's more than that.
Is that all you [G] think there is to it?
You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't one good
reason for being alone.
Come on, you're onto something, Bobby.
You're onto [D] something.
Someone to need you too much.
[A] Someone to know you too well.
[D] Someone to pull you [Gb] up short, to put you [G] through hell.
See what you look for, you know.
You're not a kid [Em] anymore, Robbie.
I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, giddo.
Hey, buddy, don't be afraid that it won't be perfect.
The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.
Don't stop now.
Keep going.
[D] Someone you have to [G] let in.
[D] Someone whose feelings [A] you spare.
Someone who, like it or not, will [G] want you to share a [B] little, a lot.
And what does all that [Em] mean?
Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?
It's [G] much better living it than looking at it, Robert.
Add them up, Bobby.
Add them up.
[B] Someone to [D] crown you with [B] love.
Someone to force you to care.
Someone to make you come through, [Em] who'll always be [G] there,
as [E] frightened as you of [A] being alive.
[Em] Being [G] alive.
Being alive.
[D] Being alive.
[Eb]
Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish.
Want something.
Want something.
Somebody hold [Ab] me too close.
[Eb] Somebody hurt me too deep.
Somebody [C] sit in my chair [Ab] and ruin my sleep
and make me [Fm] aware of being [F] alive.
[Ab] Being alive.
[Eb] Somebody need [Ab] me too much.
[Eb] Somebody know me too well.
Somebody [C] pull me up short and [Ab] put me through hell
and give me support for being alive.
Make me alive.
Make me alive.
Make me [Abm] confused.
[Eb] Lock me with praise.
Let [Abm] me be used.
Vary my [Fm] days.
But alone is alone.
[Ab] Not alone.
[Eb] Somebody crown me with love.
Somebody force me to care.
Somebody make me come through.
I'll always be there, [Gm] as frightened as you.
The help us [Ab] survive.
Being alive.
Being alive.
[Eb] Being alive.
[Bb] [Eb] [N]
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_ _ Bobby.
[Db] Bobby.
Bobby, baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Bobby.
He's trying to call me. Bobby, [Fm] baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Until I've got nothing in town.
Bobby, love.
Bobby, love. Bobby, honey.
We've been trying to [Db] reach you all day,
and you forgot.
Bobby, there was [Ab] something we wanted to say.
Bobby, there has been nothing we've said.
[D] _ _ What do you get?
_ _ _ _ Someone to hold you [G] too close, [D] someone
Someone to hurt you [A] too deep.
[D] Someone to sit in [B] your chair to ruin your sleep.
That's true.
But there's more than that.
Is that all you [G] think there is to it?
You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't one good
reason for being alone.
Come on, you're onto something, Bobby.
You're onto [D] something.
Someone to need you too much.
[A] Someone to know you too well.
[D] Someone to pull you [Gb] up short, to put you [G] through hell.
See what you look for, you know.
You're not a kid [Em] anymore, Robbie.
I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, giddo.
Hey, buddy, don't be afraid that it won't be perfect.
The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.
Don't stop now.
Keep going.
[D] Someone you have to [G] let in.
[D] Someone whose feelings [A] you spare.
Someone who, like it or not, will [G] want you to share a [B] little, a lot.
And what does all that [Em] mean?
Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?
It's [G] much better living it than looking at it, Robert.
Add them up, Bobby.
Add them up.
[B] Someone to [D] crown you with [B] love.
Someone to force you to care.
Someone to make you come through, [Em] who'll always be [G] there,
as [E] frightened as you of [A] being alive.
[Em] Being [G] alive.
Being alive.
[D] Being alive.
_ _ [Eb]
Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish.
Want something.
Want something. _
_ _ Somebody hold [Ab] me too close.
[Eb] Somebody hurt me too deep.
Somebody [C] sit in my chair [Ab] and ruin my sleep
and make me [Fm] aware of being [F] alive.
_ [Ab] Being alive.
_ _ [Eb] Somebody need [Ab] me too much.
[Eb] Somebody know me too well.
Somebody [C] pull me up short and [Ab] put me through hell
and give me support for being alive.
_ Make me alive.
Make me alive.
Make me [Abm] confused.
[Eb] Lock me with praise.
Let [Abm] me be used.
Vary my [Fm] _ days.
But alone is alone.
[Ab] Not alone. _ _ _
_ [Eb] Somebody crown me with love.
Somebody force me to care.
Somebody make me come through.
I'll always be there, [Gm] as frightened as you.
The help us [Ab] survive.
_ Being alive.
Being alive.
_ [Eb] Being alive. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _
[Db] Bobby.
Bobby, baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Bobby.
He's trying to call me. Bobby, [Fm] baby.
Bobby, bubby.
Until I've got nothing in town.
Bobby, love.
Bobby, love. Bobby, honey.
We've been trying to [Db] reach you all day,
and you forgot.
Bobby, there was [Ab] something we wanted to say.
Bobby, there has been nothing we've said.
[D] _ _ What do you get?
_ _ _ _ Someone to hold you [G] too close, [D] someone
Someone to hurt you [A] too deep.
[D] Someone to sit in [B] your chair to ruin your sleep.
That's true.
But there's more than that.
Is that all you [G] think there is to it?
You've got so many reasons for not being with someone, but Robert, you haven't one good
reason for being alone.
Come on, you're onto something, Bobby.
You're onto [D] something.
Someone to need you too much.
[A] Someone to know you too well.
[D] Someone to pull you [Gb] up short, to put you [G] through hell.
See what you look for, you know.
You're not a kid [Em] anymore, Robbie.
I don't think you'll ever be a kid again, giddo.
Hey, buddy, don't be afraid that it won't be perfect.
The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be.
Don't stop now.
Keep going.
[D] Someone you have to [G] let in.
[D] Someone whose feelings [A] you spare.
Someone who, like it or not, will [G] want you to share a [B] little, a lot.
And what does all that [Em] mean?
Robert, how do you know so much about it when you've never been there?
It's [G] much better living it than looking at it, Robert.
Add them up, Bobby.
Add them up.
[B] Someone to [D] crown you with [B] love.
Someone to force you to care.
Someone to make you come through, [Em] who'll always be [G] there,
as [E] frightened as you of [A] being alive.
[Em] Being [G] alive.
Being alive.
[D] Being alive.
_ _ [Eb]
Blow out the candles, Robert, and make a wish.
Want something.
Want something. _
_ _ Somebody hold [Ab] me too close.
[Eb] Somebody hurt me too deep.
Somebody [C] sit in my chair [Ab] and ruin my sleep
and make me [Fm] aware of being [F] alive.
_ [Ab] Being alive.
_ _ [Eb] Somebody need [Ab] me too much.
[Eb] Somebody know me too well.
Somebody [C] pull me up short and [Ab] put me through hell
and give me support for being alive.
_ Make me alive.
Make me alive.
Make me [Abm] confused.
[Eb] Lock me with praise.
Let [Abm] me be used.
Vary my [Fm] _ days.
But alone is alone.
[Ab] Not alone. _ _ _
_ [Eb] Somebody crown me with love.
Somebody force me to care.
Somebody make me come through.
I'll always be there, [Gm] as frightened as you.
The help us [Ab] survive.
_ Being alive.
Being alive.
_ [Eb] Being alive. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _