Being Alive Chords & Tabs
I cannot say in terms of guitar playing. These are the chords for piano. Arranged from a
copy of the lyrics, intense watching of the musical, a copy of the P/C score, and a
copy of the sheet music and chords for the "solo" version. Arrangement is my own.
PLAYING NOTES: C6/9 is played as a bass note (C, G or A, vary it as you wish) for 1
beat, followed by the chord played on the second beat.
Generally, it starts quiet, and the dynamics and tempi increase over the breaks between sections.
TIME SIGNATURE: 4/4
INTRO: |C6/9| x2
|C6/9 |F/G
Someone to hold you too close
|C6/9 |G7b9
Someone to hurt you too deep
|C6/9 |Am7
Someone to sit in your chair
|Fmaj9 |G|
To ruin your sleep
BREAK: |C6/9|F/G| x4
|C6/9 |F/G
Someone to need you too much
|C6/9 |G7b9
Someone to know you too well
|C6/9 |Am7
Someone to pull you up short
|Fmaj9 |G|
And put you through hell
BREAK: |C6/9|F/G| x4
|C6/9 |F/G
Someone you have to let in
|C6/9 |G7b9
Someone whose feelings you spare
|C6/9 |Am7
Someone who like it or not
|Fmaj9
Will want you to share
|Am7/D
A little, A lot
BREAK: |G Gsus2 G|Gsus4 G Gsus2 G|
|C6/9 |F/G
Someone to crowd you with love
|C6/9 |G7b9
Someone to force you to care
|C6/9 |Am7
Someone to make you come through
|Fmaj9
Who'll always be there
|Am7/D
As frightened as you
|Dm/G G13
Of being a-live
|Dm/G [ch]FMaj7/G[/ch]|Dm/G G13
Being A-live
|Dm/G [ch]FMaj7/G[/ch]|Dm/G G13
Being A-live
|Dm/G |C6/9
Being A-live
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/neil_patrick_harris/being_alive_crd.html ]
BREAK: |F/G|C6/9|F/G|
|C6/9 |F/G
Somebody hold me too close
|C6/9 |G7b9
Somebody hurt me too deep
|C6/9 |Am7
Somebody sit in my chair
|Fmaj9
And ruin my sleep
|Am7/D
And make me a-ware
|Dm/G G13
Of being a-live
|Dm/G [ch]FMaj7/G[/ch]|Dm/G G13
Being A-live
|C6/9 |F/G
Somebody need me too much
|C6/9 |G7b9
Somebody know me too well
|C6/9 |Am7
Somebody pull me up short
|Fmaj9
And put me through hell
|Am7/D
And give me sup-port
|Dm/G G13
For being a-live
|[ch]FMaj7/G[/ch] |Dm/G G13
Make me a-live
|Dm/G F/G |[ch]Ab/Bb[/ch]
Make me con-fused
|C
Mock me with praise
Cdim |[ch]Ab/Bb[/ch]
Let me be used
|Dm/G G13
Vary my days
|Dm/G G7 |Dm/G G13
But A-lone
|G9 G9#5|F/G G13
is a -- lone
|F/G G9 G9#5|Dm/G G13
not a -- live
|Dm/G G13|
|C6/9 |F/G
Somebody crowd me with love
|C6/9 |G7b9
Somebody, force me to care
|C6/9 |Am7
Somebody make me come through
|Fmaj9
I'll always be there
|Am7/D
As frightened as you
|Dm/G G13
To help us sur-vive
|Dm/G G13 |Dm/G G13
Being A-live
|Dm/G G13 |Dm/G G13
Being A-live
|Dm/G [ch]FMaj7/G[/ch]|G |C [ch]Bb/C[/ch]|
Be -- ing a-live
OUTRO: |C [ch]Bb/C[/ch]|C [ch]Bb/C[/ch]|C11|
PLAYING NOTES: Ritardando over the outro. I don't have access to an instrument to check
the final "Being Alive", but it slows down, with grandeur.