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Out There

Alan Menken
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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]

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