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TITLE: Left Behind, from Spring Awakening
MUSIC: Duncan Sheik
LYRICS: Steven Sater
ORIGINAL ARTISTS: Jonathan Groff
TRANSCRIPTION: Andrew Marsden
Reduced to ukulele-playable chords, from my original guitar/piano chord sheet.
Chord onset is at the beginning of the chord-as-written.
The left-hand column lists the recommended chords (with fingerings), while
suitable alternatives are listed to the right, where these are simpler.
C-tuning (gCEA)
Cmaj7 0002
Cadd9 0203 C
Cadd9#11* 0225 (I dropped the tonic. Play around with this one.)
G 0232 G
Em/F# 0422 Em
Fadd9 0010
Am/D 2203 Am
G7(no3) 0535 G7
C 0003
Cm 0333
Cm6 2333 Cm
A7 0100
Csus2 0233
C5 0033
Gadd9 0252 G
Em/A 2432 Em
Em/C# 0102 Em
INTRO
Played freely.
KEY:
P = pause/fermata - hold note, let ring
Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 N/C Cadd9#11*
P P P P
A|-------------2----|-------------5----|-------------2----|-0-2-----5------|
E|-0---2------------|-0---2------------|-0---2------------|-----2---2------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|---------2------|
g|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|-------0-0------|
You...
VERSE 1
Steady tempo
12/8 time
You Gfold his hands, and smooth his tie, you gently lift his chin.
Were you Cadd9really so blind and unkind to him?
Can't Em/F#help the itch to touch, to kiss, to hold him once again.
Now, to Fadd9close his eyes; never Am/Dopen Csus2them.
BRIDGE 1
G7(no3) C Cm G
A shadow passed, a shadow passed,
Cm6YearnGing, CyearnGing A7for the fool
It Cadd9called a home.
CHORUS 1
GAll things he never did are Cadd9left behind;
All the things his Em/F#mama wished he'd bear in mind,
And Fadd9all his dad ever Am/Dhoped he'd Csus2know.
Am/DOhhh-oh-oh-Cadd9oh-oh-Fadd9oh...
VERSE 2
The Gtalks you never had, the Saturdays you never spent,
All the Cadd9"grown up places" you never went;
And Em/F#all of the crying you wouldn't understand,
You just Fadd9let him cry: "MaAm/Dke a man ouC5t of him."
BRIDGE 2
G7(no3) C Cm G
A shadow passed, a shadow passed,
Cm6YearnGing, CyearnGing A7for the fool
It Cadd9called a home.
CHORUS 2
Gadd9All things he never did are Cadd9left behind;
All the things his Em/Amama did to make him mind
And Fadd9how his dad had Am/Dhoped he'd Csus2grow.
CHORUS 3
Gadd9All things he ever lived are Cadd9left behind;
All the fears that Em/Aever flickered through his mind;
All the Fadd9sadness that he'd Am/Dcome to Csus2own.
MIDDLE 6
Am/DOhhh-oh-oh-Cadd9oh-oh-Fadd9oh...
Am/DOhhh-oh-oh-Cadd9oh-oh-Fadd9oh...
Am/DOh-oh-oh-oh-Cadd9oh-oh-Fadd9oh...
BRIDGE 3
G7(no3) C Cm G
A shadow passed, a shadow passed,
Cm6YearnGing, CyearnGing A7for the fool
It Cadd9called a home.
OUTRO
Csus2 And it wA7histles through the ghosts still lCadd9eft behind.
It A7whistles through the ghosts still Cadd9left behind.
It Em/C#whistles through the ghosts still left behind. Ohhhh-ohhh....