To Be Human Chords

* = play as staccato
For simpler chords, capo 3 and transpose down 3 steps.
 
[VERSE 1]
Cm
Under rich relentless skies,
                         Bb
Take the bet and set it high,
             Ab          Cm
I felt you walk right through me.
Cm                         Eb
You're the thing that I invoke,
                    Bb
My own persistent goal,
        Ab        Cm
Sent to make me queasy.
 
[PRE-CHORUS]
     Bb       Cm
And oh, it's hard now.
       Bb      Cm
With time it works out.
 
[CHORUS]
Eb                  Bb
To be human is to love,
                        Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                       Ab
I'm not ready to give up
Eb                  Bb
To be human is to love,
                        Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                      Ab
I'm not ready to give up.
 
[INTERLUDE]
Eb Bb Cm Ab
 
[VERSE 2]
Cm
All the tigers have me now,
                           Bb
I don't care, I hear them howl,
            Ab            Cm
I let them tear right through me.
Cm
And you help me not to care,
                             Bb
With every breath comes a prayer,
Ab              Cm
Take this pain from me.
 
[PRE-CHORUS]
     Bb            Cm
And oh, you're so far now.
    Bb           Cm
So far from my arms now.
 
[CHORUS]
Eb                  Bb
To be human is to love,
                        Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                      Ab
I'm not ready to give up
Eb                  Bb
To be human is to love,
                        Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                       Ab
I'm not ready to give up.
 
[INTERLUDE]
Eb Bb Cm Ab
 
[BRIDGE]
Eb
To be human,
Bb
To be human,
Cm      Ab
To be human.
 
Cm *                Eb *
Just 'cause I predicted this, 
         Ab *                  Bb *
Doesn't make it any easier to live with,
Cm *                      Eb *
And what's the point of knowing it,
                Ab *
If you can't change it?
           Bb *
You can't change, can't change it.
Cm *              Eb *
Just 'cause I predicted this,
        Ab *                   Bb *
Doesn't make it any easier to live with,
Cm *                      Eb *
And what's the point of knowing it,
               Ab *
If you can't change it?
            Bb *
You can't change, can't change it
 
[CHORUS]
Eb                 Bb
To be human is to love,
                      Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                      Ab
I'm not ready to give up
Eb                 Bb
To be human is to love,
                      Cm
Even when it gets too much.
                          Ab       Eb  Bb  Cm
There's no reason to give up.
 
           Ab  Eb  Bb  Cm
Don't give up, no.
           Ab  Eb
Don't give up.
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