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Version 1SONG: Out There ARTIST: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz From the musical, The Hunchback of Notre Dame C#m The world is cruel A The world is wicked C#m D It's I alone whom you can trust in this whole city G#sus G# A#m7(no5) G#/B# I am your only friend C#m A I who keep you, teach you, feed you, dress you C#m G#m I who look upon you without fear F#m G#m Amaj7 How can I protect you, boy, unless you always stay in here E/G G# Away in here F#m/G# C#m/G# G#7 [spoken]Remember what I taught you, Quasimodo C#m You are deformed [I am deformed] A And you are ugly [And I am ugly] C#m And these are crimes For which the world D Shows little pity G#sus G# You do not comprehend A#m7b5 G#/B# [You are my one defender] C#m B A Out there they'll revile you B/A A As a monster [I Am A monster] C#m B A Out there they will hate G#m And scorn and jeer [Only a monster] F#m7 Why invite their calumny G#m And consternation? Amaj7 Stay in here G#m Be faithful to me [I'm faithful] A F#m G# Grateful to me [I'm grateful] C#m Do as I say F#m/C# Obey C#m/G# And/I'll stay G# C#m In 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 Fm/C C C7 Fm/C C Safe behind these windows and these parapets of stone C Fm/C C C7 Fm/C C Gazing at the people down below me Em Am/E Em E7(no3rd) A/E F#m7b5 Em All my life I watch them as I hide up here alone Em Am/E Em E7(no3rd) Am/E Em Hungry for the histories they show me G7/D F/C C Dm/C C All my life I memorize their faces G7 F/C C Dm/C C Knowing them as they will never know me F C/E All my life I wonder how it feels to pass a day Dm7 Dm7 Not above them Dm7/G Dm7/G But part of them C And out there Fmaj7 Gsus G Living in Csus2/E C/E the sun F F/G C Give me one day out there F Gsus D# All I ask is one G#maj7 Fm7/A# To hold forever C Out there Fmaj7 Gsus G Em7 Where they all live un Am aware Dm7 Dm7/G What I'd give Em7 Am What I'd dare Dm7 F/E F6 F/G C Fm/C C C7 Fm/C C Fm/C C C7 Fm/C Just to live one day out there F G/F F G/F F Out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives F G/F F Em7 Through the roofs and gables I can see them G# A#/G# G# A#/G# G# Ev'ry day they shout and scold and go about their lives Fm7 Fm7 Heedless of the gift it is to be them C/G Dm7 If I was in their skin C/G A#7 I'd treasure ev'ry instant D# Out there G#maj7 A#7sys A#7 Strolling by D#/G the Seine G# A#7sus A# Taste a morning D# out there G#maj7 A#7sus A#7 Like ordinary F# men B G#m7/C# Who freely walk D# about there G#maj7 A#7sus A#7 Just one day Gm and then Cm7 Fm7 Fm7/A# I swear I'll be content A#7 F#(add2) Bmaj7 With my share A#7sus Won't resent A#7sus/F Won't de Gm/F Fm/A# spair Gm A#7sus/G A#7sus/F Old and bent A#7sus/C I won't A#sus/C A#7sus/G care A#sus/D I'll have Fm7 spent G#/G One G#/A# day Out D# G#m/D# D# D#7 G#m D# G#m/D# D# D#7 G#m F7(no5) D#(add2) there