Out There
Alan MenkenVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
The world is cruel
The world is wicked
It's I alone whom you can trust in this whole city
I am your only friend
I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress you
I who look upon you without fear
How can I protect you, boy, unless you always stay in here
Away in here
ken]Remember what I taught you, Quasimodo
You are deformed
And you are ugly
And these are crimes
For which the world
Shows little pity
You do not comprehend
one defender]
Out there they'll revile you
As a monster
monster]
Out there they will hate
And scorn and jeer
Why invite their calumny
And consternation?
Stay in here
Be faithful to me
Grateful to me
Do as I say
Obey
And/I'll stay
In here
Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone
Gazing at the people down below me
All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone
Hungry for the histories they show me
All my life I memorize their faces
Knowing them as they will never know me
All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day
Not above them
But part of them
And out there
Living in
the sun
Give me one day out there
All I ask is one
To hold forever
Out there
Where they all live un
aware
What I'd give
What I'd dare
Just to live one day out there
Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives
Through the roofs and gables I can see them
Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives
Heedless of the gift it is to be them
If I was in their skin
I'd treasure ev'ry instant
Out there
A7sys [Bb7]
Strolling by
the Seine
Taste a morning
out there
Like ordinary
men
Who freely walk
about there
Just one day
and then
I swear I'll be content
With my share
Won't resent
Won't de
spair
Old and bent
I won't
care
I'll have
spent
One
day
Out
there
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Readable chord sheet for Out There by Alan Menken
The world is [C#m]cruel The world is [A]wicked It's I a[C#m]lone whom you can trust in this whole [D]city I am your [G#sus]only f[Ab]riend[Bbm7] [Ab] [B#] [C#m]I who keep you, teach you, feed you, [A]dress you [C#m]I who look upon you without [Abm]fear [F#m]How can I protect you, boy, un[Abm]less you always [Amaj7]stay in here A[E/G]way in [Ab]here [F#m][spo[Ab]ken]R[C#m]emem[Ab]ber w[Ab7]hat I taught you, Quasimodo You are de[C#m]formed [I am deformed] And you are [A]ugly [And I am ugly] And these are [C#m]crimes For which the world Shows little [D]pity You do not [G#sus]compre[Ab]hend [You are my [A#m7b5]one def[Ab]end[B#]er] [C#m]Out there [B]they'll re[A]vile you As a [B/A]monst[A]er [I [Am] [A] monster] [C#m]Out there [B]they will [A]hate And scorn and [Abm]jeer [Only a monster] [F#m7]Why invite their calumny And [Abm]consternation? [Amaj7]Stay in here Be [Abm]faithful to me [I'm faithful] [A]Grateful [F#m]to me[Ab] [I'm grateful] [C#m]Do as I say O[F#m]bey [C#] And/I'll [C#m]stay[Ab] [Ab]In [C#m]here [F#m] [C#] [C#m] [F#m] [C#] [C#m] [C] [Fm] [C] [C] [C7] [F] [C] [C] [Fm] [C] [C] [C7] [Fm] [C] [C]Safe be[Fm]hin[C]d these [C]windows [C7]and these [Fm]par[C]apets of [C]stone [C]Gazing [Fm]at [C]the [C]people [C7]down be[Fm]low[C] me[C] [Em]All my [Am/E]life I [Em]watch them [E7]as I hide u[A/E]p her[F#m7b5]e alone [Em] [Em]Hungry [Am/E]for the [Em]histo[E7]ries they s[Am/E]how me[Em] [G7]All[D] my life I memorize their [F]fac[C]es [Dm/C] [C] [G7]Knowing them as they will never [F]kno[C]w me [Dm/C] [C] [F]All my life I wonder how it [C/E]feels to pass a day Not a[Dm7]bove them [Dm7] But part [Dm7/G]of them [Dm7/G] And [C]out there [Fmaj7]Living [Gsus4]in [G] the [Csus2]sun [E] [C/E] [F]Give me [F/G]one day [C]out there [F]All I [Gsus4]ask is o[Eb]ne To [Abmaj7]hold for[Fm7/Bb]ever [C]Out there [Fmaj7]Where they [Gsus4]all liv[G]e u[Em7]n a[Am]ware What I'd [Dm7]give[Dm7/G] What I'd [Em7]dare[Am] Just to [Dm7]live [F/E]one [F6]day [F/G]out [C]there[Fm] [C] [C] [C7] [Fm] [C] [C] [Fm] [C] [C] [C7] [Fm] [C] Out [F]there a[G/F]mong the [F]millers and the [G]we[F]avers and their [F]wives [F]Through the [G/F]roofs and [F]gables I can [Em7]see them [Ab]Ev'ry [Bb]day[Ab] they [Ab]shout and scold and [Bb]go [Ab]about their [Ab]lives [Fm7]Heedless of the gift it is to [Fm7]be them If [C/G]I was [Dm7]in their skin I'd [C/G]treasure [Bb7]ev'ry instant [Eb]Out there [Abmaj7] A Strolling by the [Eb/G]Seine [Ab]Taste a [A#7sus]morning [Bb] [Eb]out there Like [Abmaj7]ordinar[A#7sus]y [Bb7] [F#]men Who [B]freely [Abm7]walk [C#] a[Eb]bout there [Abmaj7]Just one [A#7sus]day [Bb7] and [Gm]then I [Cm7]swear I'll be con[Fm7]tent[Fm7/Bb] With [Bb7]my sh[F#]are [Bmaj7] Won't re[A#7sus]sent Won't [A#7sus]de [F] [Gm]spa[F]ir [Fm] [Bb] Old [Gm]and [A#7sus]bent [G] [A#7sus] [F] I [A#7sus]won't [C] [A#sus]care [C] [A#7sus] [G] I'll [A#sus]have [D] [Fm7]spent [Ab]One[G] [G#/A#]day Out [Eb]there [Abm] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb7] [Abm] [Eb] [Abm] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb7] [Abm] [F7] [Eb]