SONG: Without Love
ARTIST: Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman
From the musical, Hairspray.
[Intro]
C D7/C
Fm6/C C - Bb -- F --
C
Once I was a selfish fool
D7/C
Who never understood
Fm6/C
I never looked inside myself
C - Bb -
Though on the outside, I looked good!
C
Then we met and you made me
D7/C
The man I am today
Fm - Fm7 -
Tracy, I'm in love with you
Esus4 - E --
No matter what you weigh
E7 -- A
'Cause... Without love
C#aug
Life is like the seasons with
No summer
Dmaj7
Without love
Dm -
Life is rock 'n' roll without
Dm6 -
A drummer
A - Gmaj7 --
Tracy, I'll be yours forever
G7 F#7sus4 - F#7/A# -
'Cause I never wanna be
Bm7 - A/C# - D9
Without love
A
Tracy, never set me free
D/A
No, I ain't lyin'
Bm7/A
Never set me free,
A Bb C
Tracy, No, no, no!!
F
Once I was a simple girl
G7/F
Then stardom came to me
Bm6/F
But I was still a nothing
F - Eb -- Bb --
Though a thousand fans may disagree
F
Fame was just a prison
G7/F
Signing autographs a bore
Bbm7
I didn't have a clue
Asus4
'Til you came banging on my door
A A7 D
That without love
F#aug
Life is like my dad without his bromo
Gmaj7
Without love
Gm - Gm6 -
Life is making out with Perry Como!
D - Cmaj7 --
Darling, I'll be yours forever
C7 - B7sus4 - B7/D# -
'Cause I never wanna be
Em7 - D/F - G9
Without love
So darling, throw away the key
G/D
I'm yours forever
Em7/D
Throw away the key
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah!
F#
Living in the ghetto
G#7/F#
Black is ev'rywhere ya go
Bm6/F#
Who'd 've thought I'd love a girl
F# - E - B -
With skin as white as winter's snow
F#
In my ivory tower
G#7/F#
Life was just a hostess snack
Bm
But now I've tasted chocolate
A#sus4
And I'm never going back
Bb7 -- Eb
'Cause without love
Gaug
Life is like a beat that you can't follow
Abmaj7
Without love
Abm - Abm6 -
Life is Doris Day at the Apollo
Eb - Dbmaj7 --
Darling, I'll be yours forever
Db7 C7sus4 - C7/E -
'Cause I never wanna be
Fm7 - Eb/G - Ab9
Without love
Eb
So darling, never set me free
Ab/Eb
I'm yours forever
Fm7/Eb
Never set me free
Eb
No, no, no!
G7sus4 - G7/B -
If you're locked up in this prison, Trace
Cm - Cm/Eb -
I don't know what I'll do
G7sus4 - G7/B -
Link, I've got to break out
Cm -- Bb/D -- Cm/Eb -
So that I can get my hands on you
Edim
And
Fm7
girl, if I can't touch you
Ebadd9/G - Eb/G -
Now I'm gonna lose control
Adim7 - F#dim -
Seaweed, you're my black white knight
G7sus4
I've found my blue-eyed soul
Gsus4 - G -
Sweet freedom is our goal
Bsus4
Trace, I wanna kiss ya!
Ebsus4 - Fsus4 --
Then I can't wait for parole!
C/G Dm7/G
'Cause without
C
love
Eaug
Life is like a prom that won't invite us
Fmaj7
Without love
Fm - Fm6 -
Life's getting my big break and laryngitis
C
Without love
Eaug
Life's a '45' when you can't buy it
Fmaj7
Without love
Fm
Life is like my mother on a diet
C
Like a week that's only Mondays
C/E
Only ice cream never sundaes
C/F
Like a circle with no center
Fm
Like a door marked "do not enter!"
C/G - Bbmaj7 -
DARLING, I'LL BE YOURS FOREVER
Bb7
'Cause I
A7sus4 - A7#9/C# -
never wanna be...
Dm7 - C/E - F9
Without love
Yes now you've captured me
C/E Dm - C/E - F9
Without love
I surrender happily
C#dim - Dm - C/E - F ---
Without love
F9
Oh seaweed
Never set me free
C
No, no, no
F/C
No, I ain't lyin'
Never set me free
C -
No, no, no
Bb F
No, I dont wanna live without
C
Love, love, love
F/C -
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Cm Bb/C Cm Bb/C
Darling, you had
Eb Bb/D Cm Eb
best believe me,
F/A Eb/Ab
Never
Eb/G - Dm/G C
leave me without love!