There s a bit of picking at the beginning and the end. It s not difficult at all, and
you shouldn t have any trouble with it. This is the first version of the song as opposed
to Aida s reprise at the conclusion of the show.
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Key:
The Broadway version is actually in the key of Gb, but to put off some work, I figured
whoever would want these chords would like to have the option of having the original key
or a half-step higher.
Chords:
= 320033
= x32033
= x32010
= 022000
= xx0232
= 799877
= x02020
*= x22010
= xx0233
= 022100
Intro:
e|--10---8---8---7---7---5---5---3---7---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--10---8---8---7---7---5---5---3---7------5--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
We all lead
*
Such elaborate lives
Wild ambition
In our sights
How an affair
Of the heart
Survives
Days apart
And hurried nights
Seems quite
unbelieveable to me
I don t want to live like that
Seems quite unbelieveable to me
I don t wanna love like that
I just want our time to be
Slower and gentler
Wiser
Free
Verse 2:
We all live
*
in extravagant times
Playing games
we can t all win
Unintended
emotional crimes
take some out
take others in
I m so tired of all we re going through
I don t want to live like that
I m so tired of all we re going through
I don t wanna love like that
I just wanna be with you
Now and forever
Peaceful
True
Bridge:
This may not be the moment
to tell you face to face
But I could wait forever
for the perfect time and place
We all lead
*
such elaborate lives
We don t know
whose words are true
Strangers lovers
husbands wives
Hard to know
who s loving who
Too many choices tear us apart
I don t want to live like that
Too many choices tear us apart
I don t wanna love like that
I just wanna touch your heart
May this confession
be the
(begin picking)
start
Outro:
e|--10---8---8---7---7---5---5---3---7---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--10---8---8---7---7---5---5---3---7------5--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Thank you!