Biography:
William Alan Finn (b. February 28, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) is an award-winning American composer and lyricist, especially of musicals.
William Finn grew up in Natick, Massachusetts with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He majored in music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He lives with his life partner in New York City and Pittsfield, MA, where he is an independent composer and writer. He is also "Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist" at NYU.
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[Intro]
F
[Verse]
F
It's been hot
C/E
Also very sweet
Eb Bbm/Db
And I'm not usually indiscreet
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
But when he sparkles
Dm(add4) Fadd9/G Bbm C7sus4
The earth begins to sway
F
What more can I say?
C/E
How can I express
Eb Bbm/Db Bbm
How confused am I by our happiness?
Fadd9 Fadd9/G
I can't eat breakfast
Dm7add4 Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
I barely tie my shoe
F(b5) F F(b5) F
What more can I do?
[Chorus]
F(b5) F F(b5) F Em7 C/E
If I say I love him
Eb(#5) Eb6 Gsus4/D G/D
You might think my words come cheap
A/C# G/B
Let's just say, I'm glad he's mine
Dm7/C C7
Awake, asleep
[Verse]
F
It's been hot
F/E
Also, it's been swell
Eb
More than not
Bbm/Db Bbm
It's been more than words can tell
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
I halt, I stammer
Fadd9/D Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
I sing a rondelay
F C Dm Dm/C
What more can I say?
[Chorus]
F C Dm
I'll stay calm
Dm/C F C Dm Bbmaj7
Untie my tongue
Am7 A7
And try to stay
Cm7 C7
Both kind and young
[Verse]
F
I was taught
F/E
Never brag or shout
Eb
Still it's hot
Bbm/Db Bbm
Just like how you read about
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
And also caring
Fadd9/D Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
And never too uncouth
F(b5) F Em C/E
That's the simple truth
That's the simple truth
Eb(#5) Eb6 Gsus4/D G/D A/C# G/B Dm7/G C7
[Outro]
Gb
Can you tell
Gb/F
I have been revised?
E
It's so swell
Bb/D
Damn it, even I'm surprised
Gb Gbadd9/F
We laugh, we fumble
Gbadd9/Eb Gbadd9/Db Bm Dbsus4
We take it day by day
Gb
What more can I say?
F
[Verse]
F
It's been hot
C/E
Also very sweet
Eb Bbm/Db
And I'm not usually indiscreet
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
But when he sparkles
Dm(add4) Fadd9/G Bbm C7sus4
The earth begins to sway
F
What more can I say?
C/E
How can I express
Eb Bbm/Db Bbm
How confused am I by our happiness?
Fadd9 Fadd9/G
I can't eat breakfast
Dm7add4 Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
I barely tie my shoe
F(b5) F F(b5) F
What more can I do?
[Chorus]
F(b5) F F(b5) F Em7 C/E
If I say I love him
Eb(#5) Eb6 Gsus4/D G/D
You might think my words come cheap
A/C# G/B
Let's just say, I'm glad he's mine
Dm7/C C7
Awake, asleep
[Verse]
F
It's been hot
F/E
Also, it's been swell
Eb
More than not
Bbm/Db Bbm
It's been more than words can tell
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
I halt, I stammer
Fadd9/D Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
I sing a rondelay
F C Dm Dm/C
What more can I say?
[Chorus]
F C Dm
I'll stay calm
Dm/C F C Dm Bbmaj7
Untie my tongue
Am7 A7
And try to stay
Cm7 C7
Both kind and young
[Verse]
F
I was taught
F/E
Never brag or shout
Eb
Still it's hot
Bbm/Db Bbm
Just like how you read about
Fadd9 Fadd9/E
And also caring
Fadd9/D Fadd9/C Bbm Csus4
And never too uncouth
F(b5) F Em C/E
That's the simple truth
That's the simple truth
Eb(#5) Eb6 Gsus4/D G/D A/C# G/B Dm7/G C7
[Outro]
Gb
Can you tell
Gb/F
I have been revised?
E
It's so swell
Bb/D
Damn it, even I'm surprised
Gb Gbadd9/F
We laugh, we fumble
Gbadd9/Eb Gbadd9/Db Bm Dbsus4
We take it day by day
Gb
What more can I say?
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