Being Alive

	  		Intro: 
Eb 4 count 
Ab/Eb 4 count 
Abm/Eb 4 count 
Eb 4 count 

Eb                      Ab/Eb 
Someone to hold you too close, 
Eb                      Fdim/Eb 
Someone to hurt you too deep, 
Eb                     Cm 
Someone to sit in your chair, 
Gm/Ab                 Gm/F 
To ruin your sleep. 

Eb                      Ab/Eb 
Someone to need you too much, 
Eb                      Fdim/Eb 
Someone to know you too well, 
Eb                     Cm 
Someone to pull you up short 
                    Ab 
And put you through hell. 


Eb                      Ab/Eb 
Someone you have to let in, 
Eb                         Fdim/Eb 
Someone whose feelings you spare, 
Eb                      Cm 
Someone who, like it or not, 
                 Ab 
Will want you to share 
Gm/Ab            Gm/F 
A little, a lot. 

Eb                        Ab/Eb 
Someone to crowd you with love, 
Eb                      Fdim/Eb 
Someone to force you to care, 
Eb                       Cm 
Someone to make you come through, 
                 Ab 
Who'll always be there, 
                 Eb/F 
As frightened as you 
         Fm7/Bb 
Of being alive, 

Being alive, 

Being alive, 
      Eb 
Being alive. 

KEY CHANGE 
E                     A/E 
Somebody, hold me too close 
E                     Edim/D 
Somebody, hurt me too deep, 
E                   Bm 
Somebody, sit in my chair 
F#m/A             
And ruin my sleep 
            F#m/E 
And make me aware 
         Em7/A 
Of being alive, 

Being alive. 

E                     A/E 
Somebody, need me too much, 
E                     Edim/D 
Somebody, know me too well, 
E                   Bm 
Somebody, pull me up short 
                   A 
And put me through hell 
A           D/E 
And give me support 
          Em/A 
For being alive, 

Make me alive, 

Make me alive, 
        C/D 
Make me confused, 
D            E 
Mock me with praise, 
C#/F      C/D 
Let me be used, 
D       B 
Vary my days. 
                        F 
But alone is alone, not alive. 

E                     A/E 
Somebody, crowd me with love, 
E                     Edim/D 
Somebody, force me to care, 
E                   Bm 
Somebody, let me come through, 
                A 
I'll always be there, 
                 D/E 
As frightened as you, 
           Em/B 
To help us survive 

Being alive, 

Being alive, 
      E 
Being alive!