Dr Giuseppe Colla University of Tuscia , Department DAFNE Email: [email protected]
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THE
EDGE
ACT ONE
Piano and Vocal Scores
Piano
Pno.
8
Pno.
14
Pno.
19
(upon repeat)
7
Pno.
24
Pno.
29
tenuto
tenuto
Pno.
35
Pno.
41
rit.
ATTACCA!
Overture
© 2013/2014
Piano
c.
NB: For expediency, both male & female vocals are written in treble clef
Pno.
5 3
You o pen your
JAROD:
5
eyes.
3
It's just a
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Pno.
9 no ther Sun day mor ning.
9
3
The sun still
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Pno.
12 3
ri ses to greet a new
12
day.
3
You o pen your
sub.
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Pno.
16 eyes
16
3
to rea lize to
day's a day of mour ning.
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Pno. rit.
20 20
Slower 3
The se v'ring of
3
ties: the price that you
3
pay.
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Pno.
24
24
D m A m/C
That face that ought to
(Chords for guitar)
BMaj7 C
be here
3
D m A m/C
is far a way, re
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Pno.
28
BMaj7
mains ly ing out of reach.
28
G m D m/F
That figure so fa
3
C sus4 C
mi liar no long er in
3
D m C/E
sight, wi thin the scope of
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2 The Greatest Measure
Pno.
rit.33
all that you hold dear.
33
rit.
a tempo
G m BMaj7
So you wish you had the
3
C sus4 C
po wer to turn back the
3
D m C
tide, re pave the path of
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Pno.
rit.38
life that led you here.
38
rit.
a tempo
For you
ne ver i ma gined it would
end up being a ny thing like
this...
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Pno.
43 Could have
43
accel.
ne ver i ma gined it would
end up being a ny thing like
a tempo
3
this. We o pen our
RYAN:
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Pno.
47 eyes. JAROD: Ryan.
47
3
Feels like a
RYAN:
day like a ny o ther. JAROD: Deanna.
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Pno.
52 3
Beau ti ful
RYAN:
3
Beau ti ful
DEANNA:
52
3
skies, so clear and so 3
skies, so clear and so
blue.
blue.
JAROD: Lilly, our mom.
LILLY:
3
What a sur
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Pno.
57
prise.
57
3
E v'ry thing's
(LILLY):
changedbut I'm still his mo ther.
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Pno.
61 3
I'm still the bro ther.
JAROD:
61
3
Slower
3
Saying good
+ MICHAEL:
RYAN: Goodbye.
3
bye. Goodbye to
MEN:
WOMEN:
you.
to
Good bye to
-
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4 The Greatest Measure
Pno.
Slowly & freely, colla voce66
you!
you! They say the great est
LILLY:
66
APRIL: You don't know me, but I'm so, so sorry.
3
measure of cruelty in
life is to have a mo ther
lay her own son to rest.
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Pno.
71 So you think per haps he's
(LILLY):
71
3
sleep ing. He'll o pen his
eyes and be the child you
rit.
once held to your breast.
a tempo
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Pno.
76 And you tell yourself no
76
MICHAELI'm sorry, too.
3
weep ing: laughter, not
LILLYIt's my fault, it's all my fault--
sighs. But the truth is far too
JARODMom… don't--
rit.
painful to digest.
JAROD: Michael and April.
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Pno. 81
rit.
LILLYOh, Jarod.
5The Greatest Measure
Pno.
86 Please
MICHAEL:
Please
APRIL:
86
hold
hold
on, to
on, to
mor
mor
row's a
row's a
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Pno.
91 no ther
no ther
91 91
day be
day be
gin ning.
gin ning.
How
LILLY:
We
We
can I be strong when he's
RYAN, DEANNA:
C/G
hold
hold
gone?
We hold
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6 The Greatest Measure
Pno.
96 D/F
on to
on to
96
on96
B m7
sor
(MICHAEL):
sor
(APRIL):
(LILLY):
to sor
(RYAN, DEANNA):
A 9
row, but we
row, but we
Sor row is all I de
row but we
Gm7
all de
all de
serve!
all, we all
C7
serve re
serve re
+ JAROD:
Re
de serve re
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Pno.
101 Fm
deem
deem
deem
101
dee
101
ing!
ing!
ing!
ming!
Per
Per
Per
Per
haps if
haps if
haps if
haps if
we knew
we knew
we knew
we knew
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7The Greatest Measure
Pno.
106 why!
(MICHAEL):
why!
(JAROD, APRIL):
why!
(LILLY):
106
why!
(RYAN, DEANNA):
106
Why good
Why good
Why good
Why good
rit.
-
-
-
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Pno.
110 bye?
(LILLY, MICHAEL):
bye?
(JAROD, APRIL):
110
bye?
(RYAN, DEANNA):
110 a tempo
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Pno.
113 Good
Good
113
Good
113 rit.
Em D
bye! A word that's e ver
JAROD, MICHAEL,APRIL:
bye!
(April)LILLY, RYAN, DEANNA:
(Ryan, Deanna) bye!
B Maj7 D
pre sent!
A word that's e ver
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Pno.
116 Em D
So of ten said with
JAROD, MICHAEL:
pre sent! So
RYAN, DEANNA:
116
B Maj7
out great er per ma nence!
often said with outgreat er
LILLY, APRIL:
It
per ma nence! It
Used with a fu ture tense!
doesn't make a ny sense!
doesn't make a ny sense!
....makea ny sense!
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Pno.
120 A m B Maj7
Our co pi ous con
(JAROD, MICHAEL):
Our co pi ous con
(RYAN, DEANNA):
Our co pi ous con
(LILLY, APRIL):
120
3
Dsus4 D
fes sions won't al ter the
3
fes sions won't al ter the
3
fes sions won't al ter the
3
Em D
fact: the signs were there be
fact: the signs were there be
fact: the signs were there be
yond the tears we
yond the tears we
yond the tears we
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Pno.
124
cried.
cried.
cried.
124
Am B
So we ask our selves the
So we ask our selves the
So we ask our selves the
3
D sus4 D B7
ques tions: How should we re
3
ques tions: How should we re
3
ques tions: How should we re
3
3
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Pno.
127 Em D
act? Could we have changed a
act? Could we have changed a
act? Could we have changed a
127
damn thing if we
damn thing if we
damn thing if we
tried?
MEN:
tried?
tried?
For we
Pno.
131 ne ver i ma gined it would
131
end up being a ny thing like
We
WOMEN:
this.
ne ver i ma gined it could
Couldhave
end up being a ny thing like
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Pno.
135 ne ver i ma gined it would
this. It would
135
end up being
end up being
rit. rit.
a ny thing like
Largamente
a ny thing like
a tempo
a tempo
this!
this!
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Pno.
139
A ny thing like
LILLY:
139
this! A nything like
MICHAEL:
this!
this!
A ny thing like
RYAN:
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Pno.
143 A ny thing like
DEANNA, APRIL:
this!
143
this!
3
O pen your
JAROD:
eyes!
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12 The Greatest Measure
Piano
JAROD: I said not now, buddy... (as per script)
vamp
Come in!
Josh.
Pno.
7 What the hell are you
7
do ing here?
Wait, wait, wait, don't
tell me,
let me guess: You're a
-
Pno.
12
mess. Tired, frustrated, in need of a break, yes?
12
Did you
go for lunch at 4pm?
On ly to real ize you were
-
Pno.
18
out of cash?
18
Hence you show up un in
vi ted. See?
Don't e ven need you to con
fess!
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
23 23
What d'you mean
3
3
I'm such a jerk? Come on!
You're al ways in this
-
Pno.
27
3 3
A E
state of per pe tu al
27 3 3
3
Fm
blun der!
3
And no won der: Full time
3
work on ly sti flesyour
3
3
ef forts at try'ng to cre
3
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Pno.
32
ate. Those are your words.
32
So great, you're
stuck in a job
that pays you pea nuts, it's
3
3
A E/G
bare ly a mi ni mum
3
3
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Pno.
37 Fm
wage.37
Though out ra geous, it's your
pat tern.
When you're broke, no need to
fret. Turn
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
42 to some one else, per haps yours
42
tru ly,
and play the "Ja rod, we are
3
fa mi ly"
3
3
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Pno.
46 card!
46
You make things hard er than they
have to be.
you could be work ing right here
with me.
Pno.
rit.51
But no, I get it, Josh:51
More ballad-like C
You'll be all right for
legato
G
you're a big boy now.
D
You don't need big
B m7
bro ther hold ing your
-
Pno.
56 C
hand. I un der56
G
stand that you
D
feel the need to con
D
trol your own des ti ny, and
3
A m
fight your own fight; for
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
61 F Maj7
you're a big boy now.61
C
In de pend ent,
B m7 E 7
tru ly. Sure ly
A m
you don't need me
here, in ter fer ing. You've
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Pno.
66 shown that
66
you wil be
fine a
lone. So
3
go on, my
3
Broadly, circa
3
3con science is clear! I
3
3
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Pno.
72
3
3won't shed a tear! Now
72
3 3
3
rit.
on your
rit.
Pno.
Original tempo
76 own! Now go away.
76
How much? How much, Josh? What??
For
vamp
get it!
There's no way I'll loan you
-
High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
81
that a mount!
81
Do I e ven want to
know, Josh,
how you'll put that cash to
use? Un ne ces sa
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Pno.
86 ry spend ing in the wait ing?
86
Fas ci na ting
fact:
While you are aim ing for your
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Pno.
90
per fect script,90
your per fect song, your per fect
no vel
you keep run ning out of
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Pno.
94 juice! Creatively.
94
Financially. And emotionally...!
Do I
3
3
look like I care
High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
98 when you keep fall ing short of
98
3 3
B F/A
your own high flown ex pect
3 3
3
G m
a tions?
3
As pi ra tions that are
3
o ver your head, when
3
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Pno.
103 3
you should in stead face real103
3
life!
And to be fair,
for so ma ny years, I
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Pno.
108
3
3
B D 7
have been sup port ing your108
3
3
G m
ass!
I said you could move in
with me.
"No, no, Jarod, I need my own space." Fine.
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Pno.
113 113
Then let me give you an al
low ance. "No, no, Jarod, I'll pay my own way."
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
118 Your car in stal ments? You re
118
fused. Shrewd.
In the name of your pur
suits, dude,
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Pno.
122 3 3I sa lute you, well
122 3
3
done! I mean, after all, who am I? Just some guy
who's looked after you all your life!
Your wish is my com mand:
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Pno.
127 You don't need my
127
hands on the han dle bars to
3 3
keep you from hit ting the
ground.
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Pno.
131 You don't need me
131
there in the deep, help you
3 3
float as you're splash ing a
round.
You don't need me
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
rit.136 3
fright ened to death that you're
136
lost and might
ne ver be
a tempo found! And it's all through your own...! You...!
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Pno.
Slowly & freely, circa 141 I'd give
141
e v'ry thing, Josh... and I have!
That you won't
rit. take each plunge and
fall.
Whatever you need that money for, forget it. Why don't you go ask Mom. She gives you everything. Now go away.
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Pno.
147 147
poco a poco accelerando
Josh. Get something to eat. Please.
Slowly & freely c.
D
Look at you, Josh. I
Pno.
153 A
get it. I do.
153
E
You don't want big
E7 C m7
bro ther hold ing your
D
hand. You un der
A
stand, though, it's my
Erole
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High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
rall. dramatically
159 E
mould your des ti ny! But
159
3
I'll be just fine since
you're a grown up now.
And if it's true I'm no
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Pno.
163 use to you a ny more,
163
great! I'm
fi nal ly
free, the
weight is
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Pno.
168 3
off me, and
168 3
3
Broadly, circa
3
3
B/F
my heart is light! You're
3
3
3
3
G m7
out of my sight! What
3 3
3C 7
High-Flown Expectations
Pno.
172
C 7
172
rit.
on your
rit.
own!
Pno.
177 177
3 3
3 3
High-Flown Expectations
Piano
c.
So honey.LILLY:
The o ther night I was with
B G m7 Ro ger.
F sus4 E9
3
Yes, I know you do not
B G m7
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Piano
6
like him.
F sus4 E9 3 3
But if you o pen up your mind
B G m7 I think you'd find he's quite all right.
F sus4 E9
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Piano
10
[MONOLOGUE]
Look, I will ne ver for get your
B G m
fa ther.
F sus4 E9
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Piano
15 3
The way he changed my life for e
B G m
ver.
F sus4 E9
Be that as it may
Ro ger and I, we are to
B G m
3
ge ther. And you're go ing to have to
F sus4 rit.
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Piano
19 try... I
E F 9
E F
a tempo
knowit's tough, but dear, e nough, please
G m E
face the fact that he's not
B F/A
go ing a ny where, he'shere to
G m B/F
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23
stay. Hey,
E F 9
let me see that smile,my dar ling,
G m E
won'tyou act like you are
B F/A
look ing for ward to my wed ding
G m B/F
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Piano
27
day. the
By the way,
E F 9
accel. o ther night, your mother got en
G m E
gaged! We were
C A m7
walk ing past the
C/G
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Piano
31
mar ket
F 9
square, when
C A m7
sud den ly he
C/G
took my
F 9
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Piano
35
and he
E7 E 7/G
said, 'What if we
A m A m/G
mar ry?'
F Maj7-
Piano
38
F Maj7
G and yet
Piano
41 it was ro
C A m7
man tic like you
C/G
would n't
F 9
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Piano
44
care! So a
C A m7 midst the fruit and
C/G veg gie
F 9
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He didn't get down on one knee. There was garbage everywhere,
Piano
47
I said,
E7 E7/G
'Yes, we'd be so
A m A m/G hap py!
Fm7b5
-
Piano
50 We'll be so
hap py!
F 7
-
Piano
53 [MONOLOGUE]
B G m
F sus4
B G m
F sus4
You're absolutely serious about her.
Piano
59 How quick ly time has come and
gone.
3
don't re la tion ships need
con text? I'm just
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Next month, one year. But honey,
Piano
63 saying, you should have more to draw u
pon, ex pe rience and ex
plore.
Look, Josh,
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Piano
67 The way I am when I'm with
C A m7
Ro ger... The way I think,
the way I feel..
G sus4 F 9 3
It's all so dif f'rent than with your
fa ther. You think you know
everything, but
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Piano
71 you start to real ize there are
3
o ther things you ne ver knew be
rit. fore. He
F G 9a tempo
turns my way and sud den ly I'm
A m F
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Piano
75
young a gain. He makes me
C G/B
smile. He makes me laugh un til I'm
A m C/G C/E
spent. Mmmm, its
F G 9
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I'm not getting back at you, I'm just-
What can I say?
Piano
78 so cli che but I feel twen ty
A m F
one a gain. Its been a
C G/B
while since I have half been this con
A m C/G C 7/E
tent. Mmm,
F G 9
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82 e v'ry time I close my eyes, I
A m F C/Eaccel. 3
see Ro ger and me, we're
D B m7
walk ing past the
D/A
mar ket
G 9
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Piano
86
square. That
D B m7
bunch of flow ers
D/A
in my
G 9
and I've
F7 F7/A
-
Piano
90 ne ver been so
B m /A hap py!
Gm75
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Piano
93 Hap py!
G Maj7
Now will
rit.
you?
D B m7
Be happy? For us?-
Piano
96 And can
A sus4 G
you?
D B m7
Be happy? With her?
A sus4 G
[MONOLOGUE]
Piano
102
You're my baby!
Piano
109
If you be lieve she's
D m
per fect for you, then
great.
A m
G/B
Why rush in to things?
C
Give it some time and
wait. Oh, I see.
Gsus G
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Piano
116 So if
G 9 G
accel.
you can't be hap py,
D m
I can't be hap py
too?
A m
I don't
A m G/B
need your per mis sion,
C
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Piano
122
but you need mine...
C
G sus4 G
Yes, you do. Okay?! You DO!!
Well, if your
G 9 G 3
fa ther was here, and he's
D m7
not! He would not have the
-
Piano
127
right to
G G/F 3
stop me being ha py for
Em7 Em/F
once...! Look, I
(long pause)
G
3
don't want to
Slowly
fight
-
Piano
133
[MONOLOGUE]
oSo...
-
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... other women.
Piano
139 kay. For
More slowly, c. ma ny years he moved a round, and
that's a fact. They made him
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Piano
142
smile. They made him laugh. They made me
cry. Hey, I
did n't know who else to be how
-
Piano
145
3
else to act. thanks to my
guile. Yes, it was rough,but I got
by. I did
accel.
not know a ny bet ter. So I re
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Piano
149 signed my
C A m
self to play the
C/G
wife and
F
mom, re
C A m
-
9Half Been This Content
Piano
153 sent ing what I
C/G
had be
F
come, a
E E/G wo man so un
A m /G
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Piano
157
hap py.
F But
F/G now, I
D Bm7-
Piano
160 have the chance at
D/A
last to
G9
shine. To
D Bm7
make up for the
D/A
Piano
164
past un
G9
kind, Josh! and
F F 7/A
fi nal ly be
Bm Bm/Arit.
hap py!
Gm7b5a tempo
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Piano
168 With Ro ger I am
hap py!
GMaj7
But De an na...!
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Piano
172 Won't make you
hap py.
I'm sorry . Honey...?
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Piano
Fluidly & expressively, c.
3 3 3 3
sempre legato
(**Colla voce; repeat accompaniment until singer has finished up until bar 30)
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
simile
Josh. Why
DEANNA:
3 3 3 3
are we here?
3 3 3 3
Pno.
6 We'vegot to...
6 3 3 3 3
What?
3 3 3 3
Yeah. Yeah, it's
3 3 3 3
nice. 3 3 3 3
You can
3 3 3 3
Pno.
11
see the stars formiles.
11 3 3 3 3
O kay, fine.
3 3 3 3
Ki lo me tres.
3 3 3 3
You don't
3 3 3 3
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Pno.
15
come up here by yourself, do you?
15 3 3 3 3
Right. A
3 3 3 3
place to think.
3 3 3 3
More like a
3 3 3 3
Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
19
place to... jump.
19 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
It's cold up
rit. 3 3 3 3
here.
3 3 3
What the hell is that? (Gasps) Is that a...?
a tempo 3 3 3 3
Pno.
24 24
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3
Oh, my God... it's 3 3 3 3
3
beau ti ful. 3 3 3 3
But why?
3 3 3 3
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Pno.
29 Oh, no. Oh, no, he can't be serious.
29 3 3 3 3
Irit.
3 3
can't be lieve we'rea tempo
3 3 3 3
real ly here.
3 3 3 3
Look, he's down on
3 3 3 3
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Pno.
34
bend ed knee.
34 3 3 3 3
Shit, I think I
3 3 3 3
need a beer. This is 3 3 3 3
cra zy. It's
3 3 3 3
rit.
cra zy. I rit.
3 3 3 3
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Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
39
a tempo
should be touched or
39 a tempo 3 3 3 3
flat tered. I guess. But
3 3 3 3
what the hell, this is
3 3 3 3
such a mess. So
3 3 3 3
sud den ly, where 3 3 3 3
- - -
Pno.
44
is he get ting
44 3 3 3 3
the i dea that
3 3 3 3
rit.
I would tell him
a tempo 'yes'?
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
49 49
3 3 3 3
The
3 3 3
3
ti ming here could
3 3 3 3
not be worse.
3 3 3 3
This real ly makes it
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
54
hard for me to
54
3 3 3 3
say the things I
3 3 3 3
had re hearsed.
3 3 3 3
Oh, Josh.. this is - this is great, but 3 3 3 3
rit. I
3 3 3 3
-
Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
a tempo
59
can't. I'm scared. I
59 a tempo 3 3 3 3
could n't cope. No, the 3 3 3 3
pro blem's me, not
3 3 3 3
you, I'm just so 3 3 3 3
vexed and un pre
3 3 3 3
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Pno.
64
pared. I'm hope less.
64 3 3 3 3
Can't you see, I
3 3 3 3
rit.
real ly must say
a tempo no.
3 3 3 3
[SHORT MONOLOGUE]
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
69 Hey, I know -
69 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
With more energy
B/D Bsus4/E
Let's go on a spon
B/F G m7
ta ne ous va ca tion, in
- - - - - -
Pno.
73
B/D Bsus4/E
de fi nite du ra tion. Or let's73
B /F G m7
drive a around and vi sit e v'ry
B/D Bsus4/E
state. Or wait, start e ven
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Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
76
B/F G m7
small er, and just go out on the
76
B /D Bsus4/E
week end like we used to when we
B /F G m7
first be gan to date. Re
- - - -
Pno.
79 B/D Bsus4/E
mem ber? A
79
B/F G m7
life time a go, like last No
B/D Bsus4/E
vem ber?
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Pno.
82 Bb/F
82
C/E C sus4/F
Right now, let's go
C/G A m7
down in to town, go
-
Pno.
85 C/E C sus4/F
club bing. Or let's just catch a
85
C/G A m7
mo vie. See youI'll pay.
rit. a tempo 3
3C/E C sus4/F
won't e ven do some thing sim ple, some thing
3 3 3
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Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
88 3
C/G A m7
so cial. What's the mat ter with you
88
C/E C sus4/F
Josh? There's
D/F
so ma ny things I've
D sus4/G
yet to do,
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Pno.
92
D/A
so ma ny pla ces
92
B m7
left to go;
D/F
so ma ny peo ple
D sus4/G
yet to meet. Ad
A sus4
ven tures lie a
B m7
head and so my
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Pno.
98
D/F
an swer will re98
D/G
main un til I'm
A sus4
rea dy.
No,
D/F
I have no i
D/G
dea when that will
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Pno.
104
A sus4
be.
104
But do we
rit. D/F
real ly have to deal with this right
Molto rit. until tempo change
now?
Can't we
just have our
-
Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
110
fun?
110
The night has
on ly be
gun.
rit. 3
Come on, let's do some thing
- -
Pno.
(Initial tempo)
117 fun.
117 3 3 3 3
You want to
3 3 3 3
go home, don't you?
3 3 3 3
Fine. Then just take me
home.
[SHORT MONOLOGUE]
Pno.
123 What made you de
123 3 3 3 3
cide to night should
3 3 3 3
be the night I
3 3 3 3
should de cide? The
3 3 3 3
truth is, things have
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
128 not been right be
128 3 3 3 3
tween us. Go a
3 3 3 3
head. De ny it.
No, you'rethe onewho's changed.
You've
been mo rose. You've
3 3 3 3
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Vexed and Unprepared
Pno.
133
been with drawn. Your
133 3 3 3 3
drive, your pas sion,
3 3 3 3
it's all gone. Then
3 3 3 3
sud den ly there's
3 3 3 3
this. Come on. It's
3 3 3 3
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Pno.
138
rit.
un real is tic.
138 rit.
3 3 3 3
Un real is tic..
3 3 3 3
molto rit.
`
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Vexed and Unprepared
Piano
5
Cheerfully, c.
5
5
A/E D m6/E
I mean great.
Pno.
5
This is ex ci ting, my
RYAN: Look Josh, it makes sense...
5
A/E D 6/E
A/E
best friend and I,
5
A/E D 6/E
li ving to ge ther. We'll
5
A/E D 6/E
give it a try. Di
A/E D 6/E
- - - - - -
Pno.
9
vi ding the chores, split ting
5
A/E D 6/E
drinks, sha ring space.
5
A/E D 6/E
And more im por tant ly
A/E C7/F
I'll see his face a
Fm /E B 9/D
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No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
13 whole lot more of ten for
D 7
late ly he's been
A 7
side tracked by those of more
D 7
in t'rest than me. But
A 7 - - - -
Pno.
17 if we are room mates right
D Maj7rall.
here he will be...
G Maj7
Yes, I know that we
B
can!
D/A
-
Pno.
21 It's a mar vel ous
Gm7b5accel.
plan!
A sus4 A/G
A sus4/F A/E
A sus4 A/G
A sus4/F F7
- -
Pno.
26
We've start ed col lege, we're
5
subito
start ing to do the
5
things that real grown ups, not
5
child ren, would do.
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2 No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
30
What bet ter start than to
5
get our own home: To
5
move out from fam' ly,
out on our own!
- -
Pno.
34 We were in high school
when we first met. I
ne ver i ma gined how
tight we would get.
- - -
Pno.
38 Could we be tight er?
Hell, yeah, you bet.
It's a ti re some
game
wish ing he felt the
- - - -
Pno.
43 same!
rall.
3No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
47 3
I just want us some qua li ty
D GGently
time.
D A/C
3
Just to hear him tell me that
3
B m G
I'm
D
3 3
some one spe cial. That would be sub
A A/G D/F
- - - - -
Pno.
52 lime! But
G
accel.
ho nest ly speak ing, just
D/A
who am I kid ding?
E/A D/A
Josh is so fun ny, and gift ed, and
D G a tempo
- - - - - -
Pno.
56 smart.
D A/C
3 3
I could see it in him from the
B m G
start. We were
D
3 3
fif teen years old and al rea dy I
A A/G D/F
- - -
Pno.
60 knew... I
Gaccel.
tru ly ad mi re him,
D/A
that's all I'm say ing.
E/A D/A
That's all I'm saying.
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4 No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
65
[DIALOGUE]
1.
1.
2.
2.
You're sniffing parts
Pno.
70
Mi chael comes o ver a
5
lot and that's... fine.
5
Josh has known Mi chael much
5
long er than I have.
- - - -
Pno.
74
It makes me won der. And
5
pon der. And worse,
5
each time I see them to
ge ther, I curse.
- - - -
Pno.
78 I tell my self, Mi chael's
fat and he sucks. And
not in a good way.
Of all the luck.
- -
5No Ulterior Motive
RYAN:
Pno.
82 Look, what I mean is, why
rall.
Mi chael, not me?
I am so much more
fun!
-
Pno.
86 I dress bet ter, for
one!
-
Pno.
91
Upbeat & funky
Josh, I
know I saw her there.
A A/C D 7 Kim was
E 7/G A
Pno.
97 with a no ther guy.
A /C D 7
They were
E7/G A
sit ting by them selves in a
A /C D 7
cor ner booth,
E 7/G A
sha ring fried noo dles. And if
A /C D 7
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6 No Ulterior Motive
RYAN: Then there were his girlfriends. Not many, but enough.
Pno.
102 that's not proof...
No, they
E
did n't see my face.
A /C D 7
They were
E7/G A
locked in an em brace.
A /C D 7
E7/G A
- -
Pno.
108 Noo dling and ca noo dling there
A /C D 7
at the ta ble.
E 7/G A
Fork ing and spoon ing... A ny
A /C
3
way. Aren't you a ble to
- - - - - - - - -
Pno.
112 see
E
/G /G /D
That's what
E
I thought in stant
/G /G /D
ly!
D
/F /F /C- -
Pno.
118 If some one's
D
ly ing it's not
me.
A A/C D 7
E 7/G A
A A/C D 7
It's not
E7/G A
- -
7No Ulterior Motive
there's something going on, right?
Pno.
124 me.
A A/C D 7
E 7/G A
A A/C F7
Did n't
Lau ren say she's sick?
B B/D E7- -
Pno.
129 That was
F 7/A B
why you could n't meet?
B B/D E7
Well,
F 7/A B
call me sus pi cious, a
B B/D E7
pa ra noid fool, but I
F7/A B- - - -
Pno.
134 saw her with that guy, that
B B/D E7
hemr' roid from school
at the ci ne ma!
F
They were both in line.
B /D E7
Look I've
F 7/A B- - -
Pno.
139 got some proof this time.
B /D E7
F 7/A B
Check it out, ba by!
B /D E7
See, that's him, and that's
F 7/A B
Lau ren. Yes, the
B- -
8 No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
144 pic ture's ra ther dim, who
cares?
F
/A /A /E
That's her
F
shoul der, that's her
/A /A /E
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Pno.
149 hair!
E
D C B
Limp curls, bad dye job and everything...!
D C B
D C B
D C
I'm not
B
wrong this time, I
Pno.
156 swear.
B B/D E7
F 7/A B
B B/D E7
F 7/A B
B B/D E
B /A
Pno.
162 I know how it
G m
Slightly slower, rock feel
looks, but rea ly, the
F things I've said are
E
true: I saw them!
B
A m7 D 7 Why the hell would I
G m
-
9No Ulterior Motive
Look at it!
Pno.
168 lie? I have no ul
F
te ri or mo
E B tive!
I know they were
A m7 there, and they seemed to be
D D 7/F much more than friend
G m G m/F G m7/E
- - - - -
Pno.
174 ly...
I
colla voce
subito di dn't see his face, but I could
B/F
ven ture a
D 7/F
guess: Yes,
G G
- - -
Pno.
179 it was Mi chael. De
G m
3
an na and Mi chael. I'm
F
tell ing you, Josh, they're both
E
cheat ing on you!
B
A m7 D 7
- - - - - -
Pno.
184 Whoa, wait, that's too
G m
much, I'm not sa bo ta ging
F
your re la
E B tion ships!
I swear, cross my
A m7 heart, I'm just try ing to
D D 7/F
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10 No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
190 help... no, no,
G m 3
no, Josh, please
3
stay. Im sorry, I'm sorry!
B/F
I'll keep
3
out of your
way. I promise!
B/F
Pno.
197
No, don't
3
go, Josh, please
stay!
F
Pno.
203
He moved
F aug out a ny
way.
[MONOLOGUE]
3 3
3 3
Slowly
3
3
1.
1.
3 3
3 3
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Pno.
210
3
3
2.
2.
3
I just want us some qua li ty
D GSlowly & expressively
time.
D A/C
3
Just to hear him tell me that
3
Bm G
- -
11No Ulterior Motive
Pno.
215 I'm
D
3 3
some one spe cial. Is that such a
A A7/G D/F crime?
G
Damnedif I do, if I
D/A
don't, it's still damn ing.
D/A D/Arall.
- - -
Pno.
220 3
If I told him, would things be the
D G
Steady tempo, broadly same?
D A/C
3 3
Could he ac cept me, or would it be
B m G
strange?
3
3
D
-
Pno.
224
33
Grant me grace, I'm re signed I can't
3
3
A A 7/G D/Frall.
change! I've(long pause)
G tried and I've tried and it's
D/A
too o ver whelm ing.
D/AE/A
- - - -
Pno.
228 It's
3 3
too o ver whelm ing.
3 3
3
E/A D/A
3 3
3
3
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12 No Ulterior Motive
APRIL:
Piano
Josh, areyou o
-
Pno.
4 kay?
4
You're not look ing too
good these days.
-
Pno.
7 Yeah, I know how it
7
is: you don't get e nough
sleep for what e ver
- - -
Pno.
10
rea son.
10
Some thing weigh ing you
down?
2
- - -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
13
Well, I can13
2
tell by just way you
walk. Hey. Ifyou'd e ver like to
a tempo
talk
-
Pno.
17 a bout a nything at
17
MICHAEL:
all,
3
you just give me a
call.
- -
Pno.
21 Skype!
21
Hey, what's go ing
on?
I hear you're not
-
Pno.
25 fi ni shing col lege.
25
For the sake of your
art? Well, if you think that's
- - -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
28
smart. I'm just a me28
cha nic.
3
Ta ble three needs their
bill.
2
- -
Pno.
32 Will you
32
2
accel. see what they need and
accel.
close up the till.
Then we can
a tempo
a tempo
talk.
So you're gon na
-
Pno.
37
walk? Dude, that's real
37
sweet.
3
You've got the world at your
I trust you
feet. I trust you
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
41
D
know, when
know, when
41 legato, expressivo
D/F F m
e ver you might need a
e ver you might need a
Bm
friend, if
friend, if
Am7 Am7/D
on ly to lend you a
on ly to lend you a
- - -
- - -
Pno.
45
GMaj7 D/F
hand or an ear, hope you
hand or an ear, hope you45
Em7 A7
know you can al ways find me
know you can al ways find me
D
here.
here.
D/F
If it's a shoul der you
If it's a shoul der you
simile
- -
- -
Pno.
49
Bm
want,
want,
49
Am7 Am7/D
I'll glad ly be your con fi
I'll glad ly be your con fi
GMaj7 D/F
dant. Say the word, a ny
dant. Say the word, a ny
Em7 A/B
time, a ny day, you'll be
time, a ny day, you'll be
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
53
heard.
heard.
53
[MICHAEL'S MONOLOGUE]
APRIL: Josh, please don't think I'm being nosy, it's just....
Pno.
57 [To cover MICHAEL'S MONOLOGUE]
57
vamp
You're dis tract ed.
- -
Pno.
61 It's a
61
no tice a ble fact; it
means your
du ties are af fect ed.
- - - - - -
Pno.
65 Yeah, these
65
things are all con nect ed.
3
I don't mean to be
D7
rude
- -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
69 3
and I tru ly don't
69
3
F/C
want to in
3
3
B dim7
trude,
3
B dim7 -
but if something's being a
- -
Pno.
73 G m7
weight on your mind,73
3
I've a sense you might
C sus4
find that if you talk to
3
C aug
it might help you unsomeone,
Pno.
77
wind.
77
You just have to be patient and not let yourself get you down.
Well? Welcome to your quarter-century crisis.
rit.
Pno.
c. 85
MICHAEL: That Josh. Always aiming for more. Never satisfied with what he has. I'm not sure he even knows what he has.
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
89 Josh and I would some times talk a
89
bout the things we'd do when we grew
old er.
He
- - -
Pno.
93 al ways had these cra zy goals, while
93
I pos sessed more sen si ble am
bi tion.
'I'd
- - - - - - -
Pno.
97
want my name in lights!'
97
he'd say.
Well, that will be the day!
Pno.
101 Though
101
rit.
out our friend ship we en gaged in
rit.
just a lit tle friend ly com pe
ti tion...
- - - - - - - -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
Moderately, playfully
105 You win. This sucks. Can we play something else? Hey what's that?
105
vamp
G F Maj7/D
Oh wow that's real ly cool!
G F Maj7/D
Your fa ther bought that for you?
- -
Pno.
109 G F Maj7/D
I can't be lieve it, Josh, I109
G F Maj7/D G F Maj7/D
want ed this for Christ mas.
G F Maj7/D
My dad said no, of course...
G F Maj7/D
these kinds of stuff, he draws the
- - -
Pno.
113 G F Maj7/D
line.113
C 9
Oh, well, have lots of fun,
A m7 E/F
may be I could bor row it some
- -
Pno.
117 G
time.117
Lucky sunnuvagun.
That's not a bad word.
So how did you do?
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
121 A G Maj7/E
Come on, you have to tell me.121
A GMaj7/E
I'll tell you what I scored if
A G Maj7/E
you just tell me...! B minus?
A GMaj7/E
Shit dude, that's not so bad.
Pno.
125 A GMaj7/E
You're still more bet ter than me.125
A GMaj7/E
I got a much more low er
rit. A
grade be cause of... bad
a tempo gram mar.
- - - -
Pno.
129 D
It's just a stu pid test,129
B m7 F/G
guess I'll do bet ter next time.
A G Maj7/E
A GMaj7/E
- -
Pno.
133 We've come this
133
far. Be
cause we both know we are
friends. And
-
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
137
that's all that counts in the
137
end. That's just fine, he's the
dream er, the sche mer, and
I'm the
- -
Pno.
141
side kick who's ne ver on
141
par.
rall.
That's been the way that we
are. This is where we both
- -
Pno.
145
stand. What a pair, best of145
friends...
[APRIL and then MICHAEL's MONOLOGUES]
Pno.
149 149
vamp to cover monologues
Ho ney, just put it
APRIL:
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
153 back.
You know I
MICHAEL:
153
3
And I'll close both my
would n't tell a lie.
eyes and for get
Dude, no one will
-
-
Pno.
156 that this e ven oc
e ver know.
156
curred...
A no ther luc ky
3
we'll just get back to
break,
- - - -
- -
Pno.
159
work.
and it goes to
159
3
I know I'm being kind of
show that's just the way it
soft, but I
is, the Josh and
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
162 3
know things are rough and you
3
Mi chael sto ry: the162
3 3
know that I call you a
3 3
near est and dear est of
3
3
friend. Josh, if you need ed some
friends!
cash,
3
So I swore not to
- - - -
-
Pno.
166
you did n't have to be a
tell:
166
bashed at
all.
"I swear, bro. What the
It's ob vi ous that hell!", it's ob vi ous that
-
- -
Pno.
170
I'm on your side.
I'm on your side.
170
3
So there's no need to
hide...
3
And it can't be de
-
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Pno.
rit.
rit.
173
I am your
nied: I am your
173
rit.
C
friend.
friend.
C/E E m
Strong and se cure like a
Strong and se cure like a
A m
fort. If
fort. If
G m7 C 7
on ly to give you sup
on ly to give you sup
- - -
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Pno.
178
F C/E
port or ad vice to suf
port or ad vice to suf
178
Csus/D Csus/B
fice, we are nice ly a
fice, we are nice ly a
C
team. If
team.
C/E E m
it's just some mo ney you
If
C/E E m
need...
e ver you're blind ed by
- - - - -
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Pno.
183 A m
I
greed, I
183
C 7/G G m7/C
would n't think twice to in ter
would n't think twice to in ter
F C/E
cede, and you'll be on the
cede, and you'll be on the
D m7 C sus4/B
path to being free from...!
path to being free from...!
Abrupt CUTOFF
JAROD:Enough!!!
- -
- -
Wouldn't Think Twice To Intercede
Piano Agitatedly
x7
7
Pno.
4 x6
7
Pno.
8 8
7
x6
vamp
He
JAROD:
Pno.
12 said he could see the stars for miles.
DEANNA: Oh, my God.
12
Here we
LILLY:
are. A
Pno.
16
mo ther's worst
16
night mare come
true. This
has to be a
joke.
-
A Mother's Worst Nightmare
Pno.
rit.
21 21
a tempo
LILLY:
rit.
More slowly, c. G/A
Oh, my
a tempo
A
God. It's aMICHAEL:
D m7
stunt. HeAPRIL:
E m
need ed help, I
Pno.
28 A/E
knew it! I
28
F
could have done some thing
B
more...!
Pno.
33
Rapidly c.
Pno.
38
Pno.
45 rit.
ATTACCA!
Piano
Animatedly
Pno.
5 Can't be lieve I'm
JAROD:
5
let ting you
do this.
Be fore we leave, let's
pray we get
through this.
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Pno.
11 God help us,
11
rit.
7
we're gon na go for a
a temporide,
and
I'm not
on the dri ver's
- -
Pno.
17
side.
17
Deep breath.
No, this is n't
le gal,
but ne ver mind, I'm
- - -
Proud of His Son
Pno.
22
sure that we can
22
wrig gle
out of it.
7
We'll just of fer a
bribe!
That's the
- -
Pno.
28 best ad
28
vice I can pro
vide.
All right:
Check all your
- -
Pno.
33
mir rors.
33
Sides and the
rear view, is your
seat feel ing
right?
- -
Pno.
38 Can your feet reach the pedals?
38
Key in ig
ni tion,
seat belts are
- -
Proud of His Son
Pno.
43
faste ened and
43
I'm hold ing
tight!
Remember the rules, Josh:
- -
Pno.
rubato
48
rubato
Go when it's green; slow48
down when it's yel low;
stop when I'm
a tempo
a tempo
white!
-
Pno.
53 53
Pno.
59 Do ing well.All right...
59
Out of the
drive way.
Bloo dy hell, I'm
scared for my
- - -
Proud of His Son
Pno.
64
life. Hey,
64
not so fast.
7
Mom is watch ing us
go!
You
know, I bet she's
Pno.
70 freak ing out right
70
now!
Quick ly, bro,
back in to the
dust bin.
No, no, no!
- - -
Pno.
76
Josh, I'm on ly
76
kid ding.
Hit the brake!
7
And now shift in to
first.
And it's
- -
Pno.
82 dead. Dude,
82
you're the worst driver.
Good luck with your test tomorrow.
Proud of His Son
Pno.
Energetically 89 You did it? You really did it?
89
Would n't you
know it, I
thought you would
blow it, but
-
Pno.
97 clear ly, man,
97
you're real ly
some thing!
Con
grats, dude,you've
- - - -
Pno.
104 pro ven me
104
wrong,now you
drive me a
round for a
change!
Didn't
- -
Pno.
112 3
think you'd the skill to man
112
3
eu vre that hill, yet you
did it!
Strange!
- -
Proud of His Son
Pno.
118 I
118
swear
this
a
loud:
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Pno.
124 Dad
124
would
be
proud
of
his
Pno.
130 son!
130
rit.
Pno.
Original tempo 138
Look at him,
LILLY:
138
my Josh.
Out in the
sun there, a
bout on the
-
Proud of His Son
Pno.
143 court.
143
Grow ing up
quick ly.
Trust ing his
- - -
Pno.
149
bro ther to
149
teach him some
sport.
rubato
Old er and young er,
rubato
- - -
Pno.
155
ha ving their fun there:
155
qua li ty
a tempo
a tempo
time. Make sure he's got sunblock on.
- - -
Pno.
161 161
JAROD: Aw mum, he'll get his hands greasy!
attacca
attacca
Proud of His Son
Piano
Funky
Pno
6 6
JAROD:
Josh has got the ball and he's
dribblin' like a pro with
squea ky fla shy new A di
- - - -
Pno
12 das. The
12
op po si tion fall in the
dead ly face of foe, and they're
cry in', 'We know he'll de feat
- - - - - - -
Pno
16 us!' Watch him
16
fly 'cross the
court, he's a ma zin', he's
strong on the re bound, frig gin'
hot, he's a bla zin'. Swerve and
- -
Leader of the Pack
Pno
21 dodge, veer and
21
duck, he's un fa zin' A
leap to wards the net, and he's
rit.
set, slam dunk!
- -
Pno
26 Hear the crowd go mad for the
26 a tempo
lad, they are cheer in' for him:
gliss.
(8vb)
Josh! Josh!
Lead er of the pack.
- -
Pno
30 Shove it through the bas ket with a
30
drib ble leap and smack!
Josh! Josh!
He ro to the max!
- - - - - -
Pno
34 Smooth and suave, he's dead ly, see the
34
fi re in his tracks! The
cheer lead ers scream, he's the
cream of the team, hear them
- - - -
Leader of the Pack
Pno
38 cry ing! Sigh ing. He's
38
fly ing. De fy ing!
MICHAEL:
- -
Pno
42 Mi chael's got the ball and he's
42
tear in' up the court in
su per sty lish well worn Ree
boks! Out of my way! Hey!
JAROD:
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Pno
46 Look in' like a pro in his
46
P. T. run ning shorts and
sin glet; just ad mit it, he
rocks! Watch him
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Pno
50 steal from his
50
chal len ger, ea sy, he's
fa kin', pre ten din' to
lose but is he? What the
- - - - - -
Leader of the Pack
Pno
54 hell? Why'sthis
54
ball so damn grea sy? A
Mom.JAROD:
leap to wards that ring, ba da
rit.
bing, slam dunk!
JAROD:
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Pno
a tempo
59 Hear the crowd go nuts for the
MICHAEL:
59
klutz! Yeah, I hear them chant ing,
(8vb)
Mike! Mike!
He's the one we like!
-
Pno
63 Spor ty and a hot tie, all you
63
lo sers take a hike!
Mike! Mike!
Lead er of the troupe!
-
Pno
67 So un ner vin' as he's cur vin',
67
woosh, right through the hoop! The
babes are out there scream in', go ing
wild be yond re deem in', for he's
- -
Leader of the Pack
Pno
71 soarin' and scorin', with
71
legions a do rin'!
[DIALOGUE]
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Pno
Moderately, playfully
76 76
JAROD: Go on, Josh.
vamp
Walk up and say hel lo.
Go on, she's look ing at you.
You've got to no tice all the
- -
Pno
81 signs, she says she's o pen!
81
What's the worst that could hap pen?
She'll just say no...
For she'll beMICHAEL:
mine!
JAROD:Oh, no, she won't.
Be cause I'm
--
Pno
86 fine!
Oh, no, you're not. RYAN: You're really not.
86
I know what wo men want.
Yeah,
JAROD:MICHAEL:
right. That's why you're sin gle and a
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Leader of the Pack
Pno
90 lone. Sorry.
90
JAROD: Trust me, Josh.
Just be a gen tle man.
And when she talks you lis ten.
Pno
96 These things might come up, feel ings,
96
ho nes ty, com mit ment.
ALL:Eh.
JAROD:
Pay her a com pli ment
and she might pay you in re
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Pno
101 turn! You knowwhat I mean? You know what I mean?
101
RYAN:Yes, we all know what you mean.
She's look ing this way a gain.
RYAN:
Boys, this is dumb, I'll do it!
JAROD, MICHAEL:
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Pno
106 What?!
RYAN:
106
I'll get her num ber...
You're inMICHAEL:
sane!
She's out of your league, Ryan. Trust me. Way out of your league.
-
-
Leader of the Pack
Pno
110 JAROD: She seems to be giving him her number.
110
rit.
MICHAEL: You are joking. JAROD: No, I'm not.
Let'sRYAN:
Pno
115 hear it for the boy, jumpfor
115
joy, it's the one and on ly
Ryan! Ryan!
Se xy and di vine!
- - -
Pno
119 E nig ma tic, cha ris ma tic,
119
fun ky and so fine!
Ryan! Ryan!
Lea der of the guys!
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Pno
123 Cool cu cum ber got her num ber,
123
JAROD: Sit down, it's for Josh! MICHAEL: But... JAROD: Don't make me whack you!
now who wants the prize?
Ja rod, you can have it.
MICHAEL: No way, it's mine!
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Pno
127
attacca
Leader of the Pack
Piano
Slowly & gently
Hey. Hey.JAROD:
Are you all
right there? Did
Pno
7
you have a
7
night mare? I'll
turn on the
light.
-
Pno
13
Hey, I'm right
13
here, Josh. There's
no thing to
fear, Josh.
Just close your
a tempo
eyes.
-
Pno
19 19
You're not a lone, pal.
rubato
Till mom comes home, well,
I'm by your
side.
-
A Matter of Time
Pno
25
Hauntingly
[DIALOGUE]
Pno
31
But... who's got me?
Pno
36
I try my best.
JAROD:
36
I on ly know so ma ny
things, and then the rest,
I guess and see what for tune
brings. I do go wrong.
- - -
Pno
41 I'm on ly hu man af ter
41
all.
See, I told our dad...
be fore he died, I told him
- - - -
Pno
46 heshouldnot besad.
46
I'd care for Josh with all my
life through good and bad.
I'd teach him all he needs to
know: And
A Matter of Time
Pno
51 that is e v'ry thing I've got to
51
give.
E v'ry right and wrong thing so that
rit. he may live a hap py
a tempo
life.
So sometimes I give in to him. Sometimes I don't. Sometimes I tell him off when I shouldn't, and don't tell him off when I should…
- - -
Pno
56 56
But then that's
life. There are timesyou've got to put your foot down, right?
Tough love, and all that?
Pno
62 It's not a
62 colla voce
rall.crime...
It's just a(very slowly & freely)
mat ter of time.
-
Pno
69
A Matter of Time
Freely and expressively, a lullaby
7
7
rit.
LitLit tle
tle
badar
by,ling,
--
--
12
hush,close
don'tyour
12
cry.eyes.
Wel
Ecomev'ry
to
daythewill
--
Now That You're Here(Performed by LILLY) Nick Choo
©2012
Audition Score
LILLY: Happy birthday darling! Twenty-five. My God. You know, I can still remember so clearly the day you were born.
16
world,be a
I'venew
beenad
16
waitven
ing:ture.
An
Youxious,were
scared.such
Exa
---
- -
rit.
rit.
21
cibig
ted,sur
21
my.prise;
Freely
Freely
I'mbut
gladnow
you'reyou're
here.here.
I'mNow
--
26
glad you're
26
here.
rit.
2.
that you're
2.
here, it feels so
2 Now That You're Here (Lilly)
32
right.
32
rall.
Slower
3 3
36
36
3 3
3 3
accel.
41
41
If
3 3
some one had told me that
3
3
3
3
-
3Now That You're Here (Lilly)
LILLY: Josh's father used to sing this song. It was... a vestige of the happier life we once had... before he died.
*Repeat as necessary to cover dialogue
LILLY: And no, we didn't plan to have Josh, but ... all it took was one strange, unanticipated night -- the emergence of a kind of passion that had hardly existed after Jarod was born. Fuelled by too much whiskey and the fact that the other women weren't around to keep my husband preoccupied....
LILLY: Well, good for me.
45
we would have a no ther ba by,
45
3 3
I would have said, "That can't
3
3
3 3
be, for your da dy, he's been
- - - -
48
3 3
run ning a way from his
48
33
3
3
fa m'ily to dif f'rent
fa ces
- - - - -
51
in dif f'rent
51
pla ces.
But
- -
4 Now That You're Here (Lilly)
54
3 3
I look at you, you're so
54
3
3
3
3
gor geous and I can't be lieve that
3 3
I was un cer tain and
3
3
3 3
- - - -
57
ner vous. Your dad might leave but
57
3 3
I'm right where I want to
33
3
3
be, Josh, for I'm so
-
60
hap py.
60
In cre di bly
hap py!
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5Now That You're Here (Lilly)
63
So blessed and
63
hap py....
-
rall.
rall.
66
66
a tempo
a tempo
Lit tle
-
69
child, sweet
69
va len
tine.
No harm
in this
- -
6 Now That You're Here (Lilly)
74
world shall be
74
fall you.
You'll be
safe, pre cious
- - -
79
child of
79
mine.
Now
that you're here.
Now
84
that you're
84
here, we'll be just
fine!
rall.
a tempo
a tempo
Lit tle
-
7Now That You're Here (Lilly)
89
one, so
89
pure! So
sweet!
Who knows
that the
94
fu ture holds
94
for you?
3
This wide
world lies
-
99
at your
99
feet!
And
now you're here.
8 Now That You're Here (Lilly)
*Lilly, take your time
Follow performer
rit.
105
Now
105
that you'e here.
rit.
Be
-
109
cause you're
109
here...!
I
am com
plete!
- -
115
115
9Now That You're Here (Lilly)
*Lilly, take your time
THE
EDGE
ACT TWO
Piano and Vocal Scores
Piano
c.
JAROD:
Why are you
simile
Pno.
5
trem bling there?
5
Why won't you
come back in?
-
Pno.
9
9
Why aren't our
rit.
3
voi ces reach ing
a tempo
you?
- -
Pno.
13 Turn a
13
round and
rit. hear us beseech
a tempo
ing you
- -
The Edge
Pno.
17 DEANNA:
17
Why are we
far a part?
-
Pno.
21
Why aren't we21 Why aren't we
21
meant to be?
meant to be?
APRIL:
Though there's no
Pno.
rit.25
3
real un derstanding,25 25
a tempo dear,
Still I Still I
RYAN:
know this can't be know this can't be
rit.
how we are end
how we are end
-
-
The Edge
Pno.
a tempo
30 ing here.
30
ing here.
30
And I
LILLY:
G/B
can't help but to won der
A/C
what pulled you un der?
D
What were the reasons that
- -
-
Pno.
35 D/F
you now al lege that
35
G/B
life's not worth li ving?
A/C
We need for gi ving, if we
E m /F G /A
pushed you so far that you're
22
G/B /C
now where you are, on the
2
- - -
Pno.
c. 40
D
edge.40
edge.
40
subito
The Edge
Pno.
45 a tempo
45 45
rit.
Why aren't you
JAROD:
at my door?
LILLY:
Why aren't you at my
Pno.
49 Why are these
MICHAEL:
49 side?
49
feel ings so raw?
I
JAROD, LILLY, APRIL:
Why do we run and
wish we could
(+ MICHAEL, DEANNA):
hide? Could we
-
Pno.
53 start this night o ver.
53
start this night o ver?
53
Tell me
Tell me
please could we
please could we
-
-
The Edge
Pno.
57 start this right
57
start this right
57
o ver?
o ver?
And I
JAROD (unison): And I
LILLY:
A/C
can't help but to won der
can't help but to won der
B/D
what pushed you un der? But
(+ DEANNA):
what pushed you un der? But
- - -
- - -
Pno.
62 E
things will be bet ter, we
62 things will be bet ter, we
62
E/G E M7/G
pro mise, we pledge, that
pro mise, we pledge, that
A/C
there's great er glo ry, and
there's great er glo ry, and
(+ RYAN):
B/D
we're say ing sor ry if
(+ LILLY):
we're say ing sor ry if
Fm /G A /B
we had a hand in the
we had a hand in the
22
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Pno.
67 A/C /D B/D
fact that stand on the67
fact that stand on the
67
2
E
edge.
MICHAEL:
edge.
E
But now
DEANNA:
G/D
hold
Hold
The Edge
Pno.
71 A/C A
on, to
Asus/B
71
on, to
71
Fm7
mor
mor
E sus4 E
row's a
row's a
G/D
no ther
no ther
- - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - -
Pno.
75
A/C A sus4/B A
day be75
day be
75
gin ning.
gin ning.
Why
LILLY, RYAN:
Why
JAROD, MICHAEL:
G/D
holdhold
Hold
DEANNA, APRIL:
- -
- -
Pno.
79 A/C A
on to
Asus/B
79 on to
79
Fm7
sor
sor
E
row? We
row. We
D
all de
all de
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
The Edge
Pno.
83 G7/C
serve re
83 serve re
83
Cm /B
deem
deem
A
ing! And
ing! And
we be lieve in you.
we be lieve in you.
- - - - -
- - - - -
Pno.
88
So
JAROD:
88 88
please be lieve in
So please
LILLY:
us.
be lieve in us.
Pno.
93
The Edge
Pno.
97 97 97
JAROD, LILLY, APRIL:
RYAN, DEANNA, MICHAEL:
rit.
rit.
rit.
rit.
No, we
No, we
a tempo
A/C
can't help but to won der what
can't help but to won der what
a tempo
-
-
Pno.
101 B/D
tore us a sun der?
101 tore us a sun der?
101
E
How in the world did we
How in the world did we
E/G E M7/G
wind up this way? Things
wind up, wind up this
(DEANNA lower)
A/C
won't be the same, is there
way? Is there
- -
- -
Pno.
105
B/D
some one to blame here? The
105
some one to blame here The
105
E
price is just too high to
price is just too high to
E/G
pay! Hey, the
pay! Hey, the
A/C
night's get ting cold er, and
night's get ting cold er, and
- - -
- - -
The Edge
Pno.
109 B/D
we want to hold you and
109 we want to hold you and
109
E /F
tell you it's o ver, to
tell you it's o ver, to
/G
ge ther we'll stay. We
gether, to ge ther we'll
A/C
look, love, and wonder,
stay.
B/D
how did we blunder? Did we
How did we blunder? Did we
- -
- -
Pno.
114
push you too far? Look, we're
114
push you too far? Look, we're
114
22
fall ing for you're on the
fall ing for you're on the
2
edge!
edge!
-
-
Pno.
c.
119 You're on the
LILLY:
119 You're on the
JAROD:
119
edge!
edge!
The Edge
Piano
Playfully, c.
APRIL: Like. Like. Unlike. Approve. Approve. Eew. Reject. .... What's this?
Cool! Josh has ap
-
Pno.
6 proved my friend re quest. Looks
6
like we'll be best friends by all ac
counts. Get it? All accounts?
I've got Reddit, Tumblr… never mind.
vamp
- -
Pno.
11 Let's see if there's
11
a ny jui cy stuff. I
love my so cial life...!
What? This still
counts...!
- - -
Pno.
17 17
Ha! See, the
ar tists aims to wow with
songs and art work post ed on his
- - -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
22
wall. And his own comment:
22
rall.
"Thought I would be
rit.
ma king it big by now..." Oh, Josh. Hmm. What's this?
-
Pno.
More seriously, c.
26
Some thing ve ry strange, I
26
won der what he means by what he's
writ ten here. He says:
"I
real ly hate my life and
- - - - -
Pno.
31
no one un der stands I've got all this
31
shit in here."
Stuff a bout his bro ther,
shit in here." quite a
bit in here.
-
Pno.
37 Can't be
37
rit.
lieve it's all pu blic,
like he
(freely, with contemplation)
wants to be seen...!
a tempo
"Ev'rything feels hopeless,
feels like I am drowning, going
-
Outside Looking In
Pno.
44
no where fast."
44
Yikes.
"I just want to sleep and
ne ver wake a gain, real ly how long
can I last?" Is no one else
reading these?
- -
Pno.
50 Damn, it, Josh, don't do this
50
to your self, all these doubts that
you've a massed...!
But
gliss.
I'm just on the out
- - -
Pno.
55 side.
55
Out side looking in,
outhere on the otherside of the
door.
- -
Pno.
60 60
When you're on the out
side,
out side look ing in,
sometimes you might find that you see
- -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
65
more.
65
That's for
sure...
Pno.
70 70
Playfully, c.
[DIALOGUE]
vamp
Pno.
77 Let's see the
77
la test on my feed. It's
3
al most gua ran teed I'll learn some thing
- - - - -
Pno.
80
new.
80
rit.
Huh. Ryan. Wax ing
rit.
ly ri cal in deed...
Almost romantically, c.
- - - -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
85 "It's the peo ple you know85
best who can
hurt you the
worst." "A
man should not be worth your
-
Pno.
90
tears, but
90
rit.
you should be worth
rit.
a tempo
his."
a tempo
"The
worst way to miss
Pno.
95 some one is to
95
be right next to
them
know ing e v'ry thing is
dif f'rent now and can
- - - - -
Pno.
100
rit.
ne ver be the
100
rit.
a tempo
same." Hmm!
a tempo
Cu rious er and cu rious
rit.
er.
rit.
Ry an, what's your
- - - - - -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
105
a tempo
game?
105 a tempo
But
I'm just on the out
side.
Out side look ing in. rit.
- -
Pno.
110 [DIALOGUE]
110
But.... I am worried.
vamp
c.
In my pre vious job, I
knew this guy, I would smile at him and
say hel lo.
-
Pno.
116 I
116
ne ver learnt his name, but
rit.
he sat in a cor ner
a tempo
cu bi cle.
rit. He was ra ther qui et,
- - - - - -
Pno.
a tempo122 fi gured he was just a
122
rit. lo ner. So...
rall. Then one
day he was gone.
(freely)
And I
ne ver saw him a
gain.
- - -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
129
a tempo
On his desk were pho tos,
129 a tempo
may be fam 'ly, friends, the ty pi
cal ta bleau.
But
here's the thing, though the
- - - - - -
Pno.
134
guy was an ti so cial, no one
134
thought he'd go
and
try and take his life!
He's okay, though.
Slowly & freely The point
is: you
- - -
Pno.
141 ne ver know.
141
If I had known, maybe I could've said something, done something...
(slowly & freely)
And now with Josh …
But
-
Pno.
147
C sus4
I am on the out
147
side.
C sus4 D
Out side look ing in, where
C sus4 C A aug A 7
some times your own mind pulls naugh ty
- - - - -
Outside Looking In
Pno.
151
D M7
pranks.
151
For
C sus4
when you're on the out
side,
-
Pno.
156 C sus4 B7
out side look ing in,
156
C sus4 C A aug A 7
you may have to fill in cer tain
A Maj7
blanks!
- -
Pno.
160 E m7
Draw u pon your160
A Maj7
banks
E m7
to fill in the
-
Pno.
164 A9/B
blanks...
164
A9/F
let's fill in the
A7(add9)
blanks!
Outside Looking In
Pno.
169 169
attacca
attacca
Outside Looking In
DEANNA:
MICHAEL:
Piano
Animatedly
Mis ter smooth and mis ter
- -
Pno
5
slick!
Stop it.
5
Al ways on the
quick
to
get himself a lit tle
-
Pno
10
ac tion.
"I can't get no... satisfaction."
10
Real ly,
Mike?
2 2
What can I
say? I'm going through a dry spell.
- -
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
15
15
Guys like you don't go through
spells.
What do you mean, 'guys like me'?
The playa!
What the
hell?
Pno
20 Look,
20
since I've met you, you've been
hor ny.
Hey!
But in a
good way!
2
Yeah, o
-
Pno
26
kay.
26
Look,
rit.
late ly no one's caught my
a tempo
fan cy.
What is this, the Fifties?
-
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
31
31
rit.
Come on, Mi chael...
What the
a tempo
hell.
Per
rit.
Ha! I
haps there's some one...!
-
- -
Pno
a tempo36 knew it! There is someone!
36
Who
is she?
2
I can't
(Groans)
tell.
Well, is she
pret ty?
Pret ty
-
Pno
42 Ah.
awe some.
42
Does she
know you like her?
May be...
not.
Well,
- -
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
47 have you asked her out?
I
47
Huh?
think so.
Care ful
APRIL:
2 2
guys, it's real ly
hot.
Thank you.
-
Pno
52
52
DEANNA:
I can't believe we're eat ing
here.
Why?
What if someone
Pno
57
sees?
Like who? Josh?
57
It's
not like we are do ing
a ny thing.
- - -
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
62
Be
62
2 2
sides, it's his day
off. He's not here today.
And
e ven if he was, so
- -
Pno
67 You're right.
what?
67
We are just
We are just
friends.
friends!
I
guess I'm just being pa ra
- -
Pno
72
noid, then.
72
All
APRIL:
good, guys?
2
Bril liant.
Thanks.
You know.
DEANNA:
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
78 3
you re mind me of
78
some one.
Really?
Yeah.
this guy that I used to
- -
Pno
83 date.
Remind you in what way?
83
He
F D 7/F
had a gi ant... mo tor
cy cle.
And I
2
fix them. I re
- - - -
-
Pno
89
late.
89
So
rit.
fom a bi ker guy,
to our
a tempo
friend Josh.
Yeah.
A
Motorcycles & Mystery
Pno
rit.
95
It's the
strange tran si tion...
95
a tempo
thrill!
I like mo tor bikes and
mys t'ry!
What?(Chuckling)
MICHAEL: I wantwhat Josh has.
Make
- - -
- -
Pno
101
2 2
of that what you
101
will.
[DIALOGUE]
rit.
attacca
Motorcycles & Mystery
Piano
Slowly & freely
When I
DEANNA:
met him, there was this
Pno.
5
some thing in his eyes. It would
5
come and go, but it was most ly
there, a live. He would
- -
Pno.
8
tell me that his
8
craft would take him far, as I
found my self being reeled in by in
- -
Pno.
11 ten si ty. His talk of things that
11
A m7
(follow singer)
ought to be. That fer vor tru ly
E m/B
got to me. How I
C M7
loved in
CmMaj7/F
- - - - -
Intensity
Pno.
15 ten si ty. Of pas sion and pro
15
A m7
pen si ty. "Reach for the stars" im
E m/B
men si ty. And so we
C M7
soared. As I
CmMaj7/F
- - - - - - - - -
Pno.
19
knew him his19
moods would come and go. He'd be
po si tive one mi nute, in des
- - - -
Pno.
22
pair the next. But I was22
with him. And I
found it so ex ci ting, to
- -
Pno.
25
cheer him on, ig ni ting his in
25
ten si ty. His un pre dic ta
bi li ty. De pres sive bi po
la ri ty. It would
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Intensity
Pno.
29 spur in
29
ten si ty, en cou rage cre a
ti vi ty. If e v'rything were
up to me, I would n't
- - - - - - - - - - -
Pno.
33 change a thing. Iwould
33
keep him on hisjour ney. But
late ly what I think is that he's
- -
Pno.
36 mo ving to the brink of
36
gi ving in, as if his
rall.
dreams be came unwiel dy and un
- - - -
Pno.
39 like ly to come true.
39
So
what is he to do?
What is he to(at singer's discretion)
-
Intensity
Pno.
More slowly, c. 43
do?
43
rit.
When I
(wait for singer)
Original tempo
met him he could
some times be in se cure, and I
- - -
Pno.
47
learned he han dles bad ly ne ga
47
ti vi ty. But I sup
port him though it's
- - - - - - -
Pno.
50
hard er to en dure as he
50
sinks e ven more in to his
mi se ry. And it's
rall.
hard to keep my faith in his in
- - - - - - -
Pno.
54
ten si ty. And per54
haps we should em brace some things aren't
meant to be.
Sorry.
attacca
- - - -
Intensity
Piano
c.
MICHAEL:
Josh and I were friends from the
Pno.
6
out set since we met in kin der
6
gar ten.
E v'ry time I look back on the
past, I'm a ghast at how we
- - -
Pno.
11
changed.
11
The
in t'rests that we had
in com mon
e ven at that age:
- - -
Pno.
16
16
Ro bots, trucks, toy guns,
and vi deo games.
- -
Every Now And Then
Pno.
22 22
We
rit.
went to school to ge ther; we were
a tempo
class mates... A co ed... e du
ca tion.
- - - -
Pno.
27 We'd shoot
27
spit balls at the girl a cross the
aisle and all the while think she was
cute.
- -
Pno.
31 31
We were called the "dy
na mic du o",
or the "ter ri ble two".
- - - - -
Pno.
36 We were
36
bare ly ten, young men
of ill re pute.
- -
Every Now And Then
Pno.
41 41
accel. When the
c. bell would ring to
go back home, from our
seats we'd spring and
Pno.
46
5rush right o ver to
46 5
c.
Josh 's place!
accel.
We'd
c. do our home work,
watch car toons; I'd
- - - -
Pno.
51 stay the
51
whole dam
af ter
3
noon; eve nings were
3
of ten the case.
- - - -
Pno.
57 57
And
once in a while, e v'ry
now and then, I'd
stay till dark, and
-
Every Now And Then
Pno.
62
some times spend thenight.They'd
62
ne ver complain
His
-
Pno.
67 folks were kind, his
67
bro ther was cool. The
next day we'd get
up for school and start all
-
Pno.
71 o ver a gain.
71
E v'ry
now and then...
- - -
Pno.
c.
75 Josh and I would some times talk a
75
bout the things we'd do when we grew
old er.
- - -
Every Now And Then
Pno.
79 La ter on I re a lized I
79
real ly wan ted to become a
doc tor.
But I
knew my dreams would not
- - -
Pno.
84 come true.
84
I did nt have the brains.
That's what my father always said.
While
Josh ex celled at most, and if he
-
Pno.
89
did n't, well, it was no cry ing
89
shame. DEANNA:
Oh, Michael.
accel. He
Pno.
c. 94 cruised through life, he
94
followed his bliss. And if
my life could be
rit. more like his, I wouldn't
c. take it for grant ed.
-
Every Now And Then
Pno.
accel.99 His
99
c.
mom and bro ther were
al ways there,
al ways ca ring;
they would
3
give him what
3
3
- - -
Pno.
105 e ver he want ed.
105
My
dad was cruel, my
- -
Pno.
110
mom with drawn, while
110
Ja rod made sure his
bro ther
3
won, like he was n't a
3
3
win ner e nough.
- - - - - -
Pno.
115 115
With his
looks and smarts. The
girl he courted. His
fam 'ly support ive. His
Every Now And Then
Pno.
121 5
out look un thwart ed. He sure
121
had it rough!
Yet he would
of ten com plain!
accel. poco a poco
It would
- -
Pno.
126 drive me in sane!
126
He is
my best friend.
But e v'ry
now and then,
it would get me right here!
- - -
Pno.
131 E v'ry
131
now and then, it' s no big deal, it's just
E v'ry
now and then! E v'ry
now and then!
Pno.
136 E v'ry
136
now and then!
E v'ry
now and then! E v'ry
now and then! E v'ry
- - - -
Every Now And Then
Pno.
141 now and then!
141
More slowly, c. E v'ry(Kiss) BOTH:
now and then...
-
Pno.
c. 146 146
I'm here on the out
Gradually slowing till the end
APRIL:
side...
Out side look ing in...
- - -
Pno.
151 MICHAEL:
151
Josh and I were friends...
E v'ry time I look back on the
past... how...
we
-
Pno.
157
changed.
157
He
changed.
And I...
I win.
Cue: After "I win"
Every Now And Then
Piano
RYAN:
3
So! This might be
fun. I'm ac tual ly glad you
simile
Pno.
5
came. Just chillin' like we
5
used to. Your room's pret ty much the
same. Never got round to sto ring your
stuff. I guess I havebeen
Pno.
9
hold ing on and ho pingyou would
9
come back. A nyway. Sorry things are
rough. But Jarodmightbe
right. No,I'm not on a nyone's
-
Pno.
13 side, though you know he has your
13
well being at heart.
I remember once you were
sick in bed with the stomach flu and he
-
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
17
went a head and looked af ter you, and I
17
thought it sweet how he saw you through.He was
there for you. He's been
- -
Pno.
20 there for you, Josh, al ways been
20
there for you...
C7
So you plan to go back to
Pno.
24 Fm
school? I mean col lege. Sor ry.24
Ddim7
Yes. You know you have what it
Cm
takes. Then you would n't need that
- - -
Pno.
27
A
dumb, depress ing job, the li mit's the27
E
sky! I think I got that
B sus4 B
backwards. Anyway, it doesn't
Csus4 Cm
mat ter. You'd be bet ter off back in
- - -
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
31
C7
class. Move your ass! No, just ig31
Fm
nore that. Dude, what hap pened? We had a
Ddim7
plan to face the world to
- -
Pno.
34 Cm
ge ther. Dar ling, I un der
34
A
stand you changed your mind, you need ed more
E
time to give your art a
- - - - -
Pno.
37
B sus4 B
shot. That's your track record:"Let's try
37
B sus4 B
some thing new." You al ways want
B sus4 B
something new. Hey, wanna try
B sus4 B
some thing new...??
- -
Pno.
41 B sus4 B
41
accel.
c.
Please,
Josh!
We were once so
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
45 close.
45
Help me
stay com posed and not
o ver dose on the
his tri
on ics.
- - - - - -
Pno.
51
51
C7
Please,
Fm
Josh.
Ddim7
I am so af
Cm
raid.
-
Pno.
57
A
I have
57
E/G
kept you at arm's
B sus4 B
length but un der
Cm
stand I've
had to.
- -
Pno.
63 63
3
3
A
God a
E/G
bove please grant me
B sus4 B
strength to
B sus4 B
be a faith ful
-
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
68 friend.
68
Look, you know I'd love to help, honestly but... no, I don't think I should. I don't think you should. No, I don't want to sit down. I don't...!
vamp
D/F
Wow, your bro ther blew his
Pno.
72
G m
top when you said you weredropping72
E dim7
out! He reamed you long and
simile
D m
hard. Ooh, that sounds dirty.That sounds
hot. Well, Ja rod was paying your
-
Pno.
76
F/A
fees. He had e v'ry right to76
C sus4 C
bite your head off; aren't you a fraid of
D sus4 D m
what he'll do now, gi ven this
D 7/F
mess? I con fess your straight
- - -
Pno.
80 3
G m
for wardness is something I wish I
80
E dim7
had. You're o pen with your
simile
3
D m
fa mily and you tellthemthegoodand
B
bad. I don't have that kind of sup
- -
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
84
F/A
port. I wish I could af
84
C sus4 C
ford to tell the truth, but how to
C sus4 C
say to them? What could I
C sus4 C
say to them? Can't be this
-
Pno.
88 C sus4 C
way to them...! Gotta pee!
88
accel. C sus4 C
accel.
c. D7/F
Please,
G m
Josh, you're
Pno.
92 E dim7
far and yet so
92
D m
close.
B
Why must
F/A
I con tend with these
-
Pno.
96 C sus4 C
ap pre hen sive96
D m
feel ings
in me?
3
3
B
I'll be
- - - -
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
102 F/A
good, Lord, I'll pre
102
C sus4 C
tend to
C sus4 C
be a faith ful
D sus4
friend.
D 7
Bottoms up, Josh!
-
Pno.
108 Let me tell you something:
108
You drive me cra zy, it's
true, babe! And may be I'm
fool ish to keep on pre
- - -
Pno.
112
tend ing that things are fine!
112
Ob vious ly you have got
feel ings for me, and that's
cool, dear, no rule, dear, that
- - - -
Pno.
116
friends can't more than just
116
E 7
friends! Come on, what have you got to
A m
lose? Go on, Josh, you can make a
Overdose on the Histrionics
Pno.
119 C dim7
move! Don't you think this has been a119
E m
long time co ming??
C
Life's too damn short, Josh, just
-
Pno.
123 G/B
give us a shot! Shit or
123
D
get off the pot, Josh. I'm
D sus4 D
here for you! I'm right
3
D sus4 D
here for you, Josh. I've al ways been
-
Pno.
127 D sus4 D
here for you!
127
Gradually slowing down, from c.
What the hell am I doing? Oh, God. I'm sorry. It was... You know I didn't... I didn't mean...
You've
rit.
Pno.
131 got to go. You've
131 colla voce
got to go, Josh. You've
got to go. You have
got to go, Josh. You have to go.
Overdose on the Histrionics
Piano
Very emotionally, c.
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
simile
I
JAROD:
Mom. 3 3 3 3
Pno.
5 can't be lieve we're
5 3 3 3 3
real ly here...
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
Ja rod... Mom,
JAROD:
3 3 3 3
are you o kay?
3 3 3 3
- - - -
Pno.
9 How did things end
LILLY:
9 3 3 3 3
up this way? He
3 3 3 3
needs me.
JAROD: Mom, I want to talk to you.
3 3 3 3
Josh
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
Pno.
13
needs me.
13 3 3 3 3
JAROD:
3 3 3 3
Can't you see I
3 3 3 3
3
need you For God's 3 3 3 3
What We Never Were
Pno.
17
sake, he's not your
17 3 3 3 3
on ly son. I'll
3 3 3 3
do my best to
3 3 3 3
get him down...!
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
colla voce
It's my fault, Jarod!
-
Pno.
22 22
Look at
what I've
done.
[DIALOGUE AS PER LIBRETTO]
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
You've
JAROD:
Pno.
28 al ways been to
28 3 3 3 3
close to him, but
3 3 3 3
me you've kept a
3 3 3 3
dis tance from.
3 3 3 3
Why? I don't know
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
33 what you mean. Yes, you
JAROD:
33 3 3 3 3
do, mom.
3 3 3 3
Yes, you do. 3 3 3 3
Josh is al ways
3 3 3 3
num ber one. I
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
- -
What We Never Were
Pno.
38
don't play fav 'rites...
JAROD:
38 3 3 3 3
No? No. For
LILLY:
3 3 3 3
God's sake, I de
3 3 3 3
pend on you...!
JAROD:
3 3 3 3
To be like a father!
- -
Pno.
44 But I
44
am your
son. It's always my responsibility to help him, my responsibility to fix...!
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3
[DIALOGUE ASPER LIBRETTO]
Pno.
49 Mom,
49
gliss.
3
D 9/F D 9/G
stop barg ing in! He's no
3
D 9/A D 9/B
long er a kid! You
D 9/F D 9/G
bo ther him, and you smo ther him, and he
- - - -
Pno.
53 E m7 GMaj7 D/A A 7/G
ends up pro test ing!53
3
D 9/F D 9/G
We are both guil ty of
3
D 9/A D 9/B
si mi lar crimes. We
3
D 9/F D 9/G
do what we feel is the
- - - - -
What We Never Were
Pno.
57 D 9/F D 9/G
best thing for him...57
D 9/A D 9/B
But is the
D 9/F D 9/G
best thing for him
3
D 9/A G/B B m G/B
the rea son we're
3
3
-
Pno.
61
C 9
here?61
3
3
Pno.
67 67
3
Original tempo 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
Pno.
72 JAROD:
72 3 3 3 3
Mom, I know this 3 3 3 3
breaks your heart.
3 3 3 3
And my ti ming could
3 3 3 3
not be worse, but when
3 3 3 3
-
What We Never Were
Pno.
77 this is done, we
77 3 3 3 3
have to start a
3 3 3 3
new, mom. And so I'm
3 3
3
tell ing you first: I'll
bring him in. I'll
3 3 3 3
- -
Pno.
82 bring him home. I'll
82 3 3 3 3
make this night mare
3 3 3 3
dis ap pear if
3 3 3 3
you can pro mise
3 3 3 3
me one thing: that
3 3 3 3
- - - -
Pno.
87 you and I can be
87 3 3 3 3
rit. what we ne ver
until the end
were.
LILLY: What's that?
JAROD: Close.
Adagio
Can
LILLY: Close. BOTH:
colla voce
you and I be
(JAROD upper)
-
Pno.
94 what we ne ver
94
were?
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3
-
What We Never Were
Piano
Emotionally, c.
Pno.
6 6
Some
APRIL:
peo ple talk a bout me from a
- -
Pno.
11 dis tance. She is
11
nothing. She's no bo dy. She's just...
there. So I'm
find ing an in cen tive for my ex
ist ence by
- - -
Pno.
accel.16
showing that I care.
16
Some
a tempo
people hate that per son in the
mir ror. But I
-
Somebody to Save
Pno.
20
ne ver thought I had that point of
20
view. Still I'm
search ing for a way I migthbe
fre er by
- - -
Pno.
accel.
24
do ing what I do.
24
rit.
rit.
poco a poco accel.
poco a poco accel.
May be
if I helped you...
- -
Pno.
28 played two roles: your
28
3
sa vior,yourslave.
May be I'd
find my way!
So I seek some
- - -
Pno.
33 3
bo dy to save.33
How I need some
c. bo
dy to
save.
- - - - - - -
Somebody to Save
Pno.
38 I
38
know some peo ple think that I'm a
mess. True.
I con fess, I guess they have no
- -
Pno.
42
clue how it
42
feels to want to come to someone's
res cue. For
what else can I do?
-
Pno.
46
There's a
46
rea son I put e v'ry one a
accel.
3
bove me. See, I'm not
accel.
- - - -
Pno.
a tempo49
3 3
pret ty. I'm not smart. I just make49
a tempo
accel.
accel.
do. But per
a tempo
a tempo
haps I could make peo ple think more
- - -
Somebody to Save
Pno.
52 of me if I keep
52
accel.
do ingwhat I do.
rit.
Would n't you?
c.
A pril,
- -
Pno.
56 F/A G m
serve a pur pose!56
E B/D
In my mind these
poco a poco accel.
3D 7 G m
words are en graved.
poco a poco accel.
E B/D
Trust me, I'm
D 7 G m9G m
not being brave:
- -
Pno.
61 I just need some
61
3
bo dy to save.
We all need some
c. bo
dy to
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Pno.
66 save.
66
rit.
G m F/A
Most peo ple dis a gree.
B
"You're just fine the way you
- - -
Somebody to Save
Pno.
70 Emdim7
are." That is
70
G A/C
what they al ways
G m F/A
say. But here's where they don't see:
-
Pno.
73 B
I'd like to be more than o73
Emdim7
kay. I'm stri ving
rit.
e v'ry day, I'm gon na find my
a tempo
E B/D
way
- - - -
Pno.
77 F G m
77
E B/D
on
3
D 7 G m
this path I pave!
We've all one
3
foot in the grave!
82
82
82 Don't we need some
3
bo dy to save?
Yes, in deed, some
3
bo dy to save!- - - - -
Somebody to Save
86 It's my creed, some
86
3
bo dy to save.
rit.
rit.
We all need some
c. bo
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90
90
90
(8va)
dy to
Very slowly & freely
save! [DIALOGUE]
- - - - -
94
94
rit.
... APRIL: It's okay.
Somebody to Save
MICHAEL:
RYAN:
Piano
Ry an. You
Mi chael.
-
-
Pno.
6 did this. You gave Josh
6
a heart at tack by
get ting too close, what
a pal!
Come on!
You al ways stab him
-
Pno.
11 Hah!
in the back.
11
3
Pot call ing ket tle black! 3
Pot call ing ket tle black!
3
3
B
How's De an na?
A 7
I hope she's work ing
D m
well for you.
-
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Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
16
You've been so ea ger to
16
Do you
steal her a way.
hear what you're say ing?
What?
"What?"
What??
Since you and Josh met,
-
-
Pno.
21
all you've done is
21
come up with scheme af
ter scheme to
split him and her up...!
D m
Wow I'm stunned by that
-
Pno.
26
3plank in your eye!
26 3
3
What? What?!
What what?
You are the same way,
D m
Screw you. At
you hate his guts.
F F 7/A
least I don't hate my own
2 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
31
B
guts like you do...
Yes, you
31
do, so it's true, we're both
D
nuts. You and me, look at
C C/E F m
how we have sunk so low.
We say he's our
Pno.
36
D E A
friend, but is he tru ly so?
36
God knows, there's been
G m7 C 7 F m
times when I've wished the worst...
Me too. Just to
keep me from get ting
Pno.
41 D
When did we let
close.
41
3
C7
our whole lives be de
3
F m
fined by things that are
D E A
out of our con trol?
Life's a bitch and
- -
3Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
46
G m7 C 7 F m
it consumes you whole.
46
Nice.
Did we
drive him up there, Michael?
I've no i dea.
Well, that'snew.
What, you think you
-
Pno.
51
know me now?
Hey, Mister
51
Miss In
Pa ra noid!
se cure!
(Gasps) That's be
It's al ways,
low the belt!
with you, I'm sure.
Oh, jeez,
- - -
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Pno.
56 3
You drive me cra zy!
3
you drive me cra zy!
56 3
3
B
Problem?
What's your problem?
A 7
I have no pro blem.
D m
Right,
You're a mess.
and I am useless, yes?
-
-
4 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
61 It's o kay! "Useless
Well...
61
Michael, the lo ser!"
D m
I couldcare less.
Youmean"couldn't".
That's what my dadused to
B
say. "You're pathe tic,
- -
Pno.
66 A7
you'll not a mount to
66
spiccato
D m
a ny thing!" And
F/C
then he would hit me...!
So that's
why you pre tend to be
- - -
-
Pno.
71 What do you care?
cool...
71
You've
no right to judge me.
You've
no right to judge me!
I
I
5Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
76
do it my self, I'm my
do it my self, I'm my
76
own judge and ju ry, so
own judge and ju ry, so
there!
there!
- -
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Pno.
81
81
De an na!
MICHAEL:
De an na! You
RYAN:
Michael.
DEANNA:
E/G
caused this, you cheater!
A
Wasn't me! I
Mike!
F7
swear I did not say
Pno.
86
E/B
a word!
Look, I saw you. And you!
I'm
86
sure youare happy.
That's absurd.
3Why would I want him hurt?
3
Why would I want him hurt?
3
3
A
It meant no thing!
Ex
-
6 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
91 I mean...
I don't
cuse me?
91
Cm
give a crap.
E
You have been ea ger for
Mi chael to steal me a
Yeah, o kay, so I'm
way.
-
-
Pno.
96 Yes!
shit. I
96
might be confused...
You're not
that at all. You
legato
just can't ac cept who
Damn straight. Mister
you are.
-
7Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
a tempo
101 Pa ro dy Gay.
Mis
101
Cm
Now
ter Tat for Tit! Now
3
you've gone too far!
3
you've gone too far!
3
3
3
I did n't get it.
3
All right, fine, so my
Stop!
-
- -
-
Pno.
106
feel ings sometimes get
106
the best of me. And al
(harmonies TBD)
though I don't love who I
am, I'm no cheat er or
Right, that's
beat er.
In deed...
-
-
Pno.
111 it!
111 gliss.
Heavy rock feel
E m
Tell me how this
3
D
looks, hurl ing in sults and
C
throw ing pun ches,
G
child ish be ha vior
Fm7 B 7
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8 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
117 E m
leaves a fla vor
117
D
so ur and bit ter as the
C G
mood turns ex plo
sive!
Fm7
Did we play a
B 7
role in this whole mes sy
- - - - - -
Pno.
123 E m A7
dra ma un fold
123
A 7
ing?
If we
G/D
can not take the blame, let's blame
B 7
o thers in
E
stead!
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Pno.
129 E m
DEANNA:
RYAN:
It was Ry an!
MICHAEL:129
D
Mi chael! It was
De an na!
It was
C
Lil ly! Or Ja rod!
Or Ja rod!
Lil ly! Don't be
G
Can't bear it!
Can't bear it!
sil ly! Can't bear it!
Fm7 B 7
E m
How the hell should weALL:
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- -
- -
9Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
135 D
act when some bo dy has a135
C
ter mi nal mo
G
tive?
Fm7
Can we keep on
B 7
tell ing our selves and him:
A/B
We are your
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Pno.
141
E
friends!
141
E/G G m
Strong and se cure like a
C m
fort! If
E7/B G m7
on ly to give you sup
A E/G
port and ad vice to suf
- - - - -
Pno.rit.
146 E/F
fice, we are nice ly a...!
146
I spend most of my
DEANNA:
growing up years with dad.
Af ter Mom di
vorced him things were pret ty bad.
- - -
Pno.
151 Dad gave up, lost all
151
life, gave in to the void,
and
no thing ex ci ted him.
A
Now I don't know what it
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10 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
156
3
G 7
means that I'm drawn to
156
C m
guys who have passion, and
A A/B
fi re, ex cite ment!
RYAN,MICHAEL:
E
All I know is, I want
Freud.
D m7 G 7/B
guys who can raise the bar,
- - -
Pno.
161 C m
Butyou know?
161
rit.
rit.
this is a step too
far. Josh, you've
ta ken a step too
a tempo
What a bout you, bro ken
MICHAEL:
far.
- -
Pno.
166 fa mi ly?
Nope, just
166
Sorry.
a bro ken nose. They're
G7
hap pi ly wed.
Go
F/C
But they
a way.
Ah, don't know I'm gay.
Ah,
-
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11Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
171
there it is! We're all
We're all
there it is! We're all
171
3
bound by neu ro ses! 3
bound by neu ro ses! 3
bound by neu ro ses!
3
B
You were right. It's
A 7
real ly my pro blem,
- -
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- -
Pno.
176
D m
it's that voice. My
Whose?DEANNA:
176
F F 7/A
dad's, it re sounds in my
B
head. I fix cars, that's all,
A 7
while Josh could be a
D m
col lege grad.
Pno.
181 He has a choice, yet he's
181
3
throwing his chances a
RYAN:
3
B
way.
It's not a bout the
A7
things we ac complish or
D m
what we do. It
-
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12 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
186 F/A
should be a bout who we
186
B F/A
Thank you, O prah!
[DIALOGUE]
are.
More slowly & freely
-
-
Pno.
191 So
191 colla voce
how does our crap get re
solved?
Per
DEANNA:
haps we could start now by
not being so damn self in
- -
-
13Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
196 Gradually slowing down until tempo change
putYou mean...
volved...
196
o thers be fore our selves...
We could start with
Right... We could start with
RYAN:
We could start with
Josh.
Josh.
Josh.
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Pno.
202
202
c.
3 3 3 3
[MONOLOGUES]
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
rit.
Can
Can
Can
3 3 3 3
14 Bound by Neuroses
Pno.
207 Slowly & gradually slowing till the end
you and I go
you and I go
you and I go
207 3 3 3 3
back to what we
back to what we
back to what we
were?
were?
were?
3 3 3 3
3 3
15Bound by Neuroses
Piano
c.
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
simile
3 3 3 3
Pno.
c.
5 Whoa, Josh, that is n't fair.
JAROD:
5
May be I have been ra ther
harsh. but it's
just be cause I
care. All I've tried to do
- -
Pno.
10 is look af ter you, I
10
B 7/D
swear.
D
Look, I don't know what you want me to
Fm
say. I don't know what you want me to
do, but I swear
-
Pno.
15 I will make it
15
up to you.
accel.
a tempo
D E
Josh, I am sor ry that you feel that way,
a tempo
Many Factors Here At Play
Pno.
19 Fm E/G
but you have to be lieve with
19
all my heart, I
accel.
on ly want what's
best for you.
accel.
- -
Pno.
23 23
I'd give
a ny thing now
just to
F/C G/B
rid you of your
- -
Pno.
28 Fm
pain.
LILLY:
28 Dar ling it's get ting cold.
28
I brought some soup for you to drink.
Yes, I
Many Factors Here At Play
Pno.
31 know it's cra zy.
31
JAROD:
LILLY:
You're stand ing on a ledge.
I have a flask. What must you
think?
-
Pno.
35 Look, I don't know what has made you up
35 Look, I don't know what has made you up
35
3
set, if it's on ly one
3
set, if it's on ly one
sin gle thing or
sin gle thing or
ma ny fac tors
ma ny fac tors
- - - - -
- - - - -
Pno.
39 here at play.
39 here at play.
39 accel.
But
But if there's one thing that I need you to
if there's one thing that I need you to
a tempo
Many Factors Here At Play
Pno.
42
3
get, it's that no thing is
42 3
get, it's that no thing is
42
so se vere that
so se vere that
accel.
I can't make it
I can't make it
be o kay.
be o kay.
accel.
- - -
- - -
Pno.
47 Look at me, Josh. I'm
47 47
sor ry. I am.
But right now, I
need you hold ing my
hand. Please un der
3
Look at me, Josh. I'm
stand I
sor ry. I am. I
- -
Pno. rit.
53 rit. fi n'lly be lieve you'll be
53 rit. fi n'lly be lieve you'll be
53
a tempo
a tempo
all that youwant to be.
a tempo
all that youwant to be. I'll
A m
Though
3
let go, it'stime. For
F
you're a grown man now,
you're a grown man now.
rit. C
you'll always be my kid
- -
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Many Factors Here At Play
Pno.
58 bro ther...
58 58
I'd give
Slowing down till the end
a ny
thing, Josh,
I'd give
e v'ry
just to
thing just to
- - -
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Pno.
64 A
see you
64 see you
64
Bsus4 B
safe and
safe and
sound.
sound.
[VERY SLOWLY, TO COVERJAROD'S MONOLOGUE]
Pno.
70 70
rit.
"Please? PLEASE!"
Many Factors Here At Play
Piano
G m F/A
Dar ling, your dad and I...
LILLY:
B
I real ly should have spent moreI'm sorry.
Em7b5
time, to ex
G A
plain it all to
- - -
Pno.
5
G m F/A
you. I was the un hap py wife.
5
B
I grew de pressed, that much is
Em7b5
true. And
that was the point when your dad pulled a
- - - -
Pno.
9
way. O ver six long years I
9
closed my eyes and
heart and said, 'Hey,
it's o kay.'
accel.
- -
Pno.
13 So with
13
Ja rod, your fa ther was hard ly a round.
a tempo
He'd spend nights and days a
way from home; his
accel.
- -
Favorite Son
Pno.
17 fa m'ly was n't
17
good e nough.
accel.
But then
rit.
things got bet ter
- - - -
Pno.
22 be cause
Slowly
22 Slowly
Josh, you came a
long!
a tempo B G m
Then sud den ly, well, things were
F sus4 E
dif f'rent.
- - - -
Pno.
27 B G m
His af fairs be came less
27
F sus4 E
fre quent.
B G m
And though we had n't re u ni ted,
- - - - - -
Pno.
30 F sus4 E
I was ex ci ted he came home.
30
B G m
F sus4 F/G
C A m
There was some thing a bout
G sus4 F
you, Josh.
- - -
2 Favorite Son
Pno.
35 C A m
that made him see things all a
35
G sus4 F
new, Josh.
C A m
I can't ex plain it, but it's
G sus4
true, Josh: you made your dad dy
- - -
Pno.
39 stay! He'd
39 F G
planned to leave; he told me so, but
A m F
changed his mind be cause we
C G/B
had our un expec ted baby
A m A m/G C/E
- - -
Pno.
43
boy. I was
43 F G
so re lieved and o ver joyed when
A m F
he de clined the o ther
C G/B
- - - - -
Pno.
46
3
wo men's charms in fa vor of yours and
46 A m C/G C 7/E
mine. I could
F G
on ly tell him, 'Dar ling, wel come
A m F E m
- - - - -
3Favorite Son
Pno.
49 D B m7
home!' And he'd go
49 (lightly)
A A sus4
walk ing proud ly
D/G
through the
D B m7
town. A
- -
Pno.
53 A A sus4
fa ther se cond53
D/A
time a
F F7
round, and he'd
B m B m/A
ne ver been so
- - - -
Pno.
57
G Maj7
hap py!57
A sus4 A
So it's
D B m7
true that
D/A
you be came our
- -
Pno.
61
D/G
fa v'rite61
D B m7
son. He would
D/A
tuck you in and
D/G
keep you
F F7
warm, and my 3
3
-
4 Favorite Son
Pno.
66 B m B m/A
God, you made him66
Gmb5
hap py!
You made us
G Maj7
hap py!
- -
Pno.
70
70
Slowly
But then, of course, twist of fate: he fell sick, and he...
rit.
rit.
Pno.
77 77
I'm
3
sor ry I ne ver
3
told you the truth 'bout your
dad.
- -
Pno.
82 3
Would it have made such a
82
3
dif frence,my dear, if I
had?
When the
-
5Favorite Son
Pno.
86 on ly im por tance is how much he loved you;
86
and
how he'd put no thing and no one a bove you;
he'd
- - - - - -
Pno.
90 sing you a love song each night as you were sleep ing
90
(slightly gentler)
a
rit.
rit.
song just you for you made life worth keep ing.
- -
Pno.
93 I'd hear him sing ing,
93
c. Lit tle
ba by,
hush, don't
cry.
Wel come
- - - -
Pno.
99 to the
99
world, I've been
wait ing,
an xious,
scared. Ex
rit.
ci ted.
rit.
- - - -
6 Favorite Son
Pno.
106 My...
106
a tempo
Why
are you here, Josh?
Why
are you
here??
Pno.
113
rit.
Pno.
120
Pno.
127
"Where's Jarod?"
ATTACCA
7Favorite Son
Piano
[DIALOGUE]
JAROD:
vamp
Look at
me. I'm
Pno.
5 lost. I've
5
failed them. I
can't be
lieve I'm
-
Pno.
9
here.
9
rit.
a tempo
Josh And
Mom. And
Pno.
14 Dad. I've
14
failed you all. There's
no re
prieve, I
-
No Reprieve
Pno.
18
fear.
18
Rapidly; colla voce
I pro mised I would keep him safe!
I'm sor ry that I let you down!
But that's the sto ry of my life:
- - -
Pno.
22 To dis ap point my dad and mom.
22
Though fail ure cuts me like a knife,
I'm not feel ing a ny thing at
- - - - - -
Pno.
More slowly, c. 25 all...!
25
Initial tempo
Pno.
31 Look at
31
me. You'd
think I was
strong er; you
-
2 No Reprieve
Pno.
35 would have
35
fi gured
wrong!
[DIALOGUE]
Cue: "Who are you?"
What's the
- - -
Pno.
40 point in
40
try ing to
do my best? Josh
was... is!... their
fav 'rite
son.
- -
Pno.
Rapidly; colla voce 46
I've al ways tried to make you proud,
46
but why must I be so re signed
simile to being his guard ian and his guide,
- - -
Pno.
49 so much so that it defines
49
my ve ry self, my worth, my pride.
He's fa cing death, I'm dead in
- - -
3No Reprieve
Pno.
52 side. I've
52
tried. I'm
tired. I
could n't keep him
Initial tempo
safe...!
-
Pno.
58 [DIALOGUE]
58 (repeat to cover dialogue; colla voce)
I'll
float
on
a
cloud!
Pno.
65 65
rall.
Look!
Aren't
you
proud
of
your
son??
4 No Reprieve
Piano
Pno.
5
1.
Pno.
92.
accel.
2 2
2
2 2
2
Pno.
13
ATTACCA
No Reprieve (Death Sequence)
Piano
c.
JAROD:
3
You o pen your
-
Pno.
4 eyes.
4
3
It's just a
no ther Sun day mor ning.
- - - -
Pno.
8
8
3
The sun still
3
ri ses to greet a new
day.
-
Pno.
13 3
You o pen your
13
eyes
3
to rea lize to
- - -
2-10) FinaleNick Choo
Pno.
17 day's a day of mour ning.
17 rit.
More slowly
3
3
-
Pno.
22 22
Slowly & freely, colla voce
They say the great est
LILLY:
3
mea sure of cruel ty in
life is to have a mo ther
- - -
Pno.
rit.26
lay her own son to rest.
26
But now
RYAN:
hold
on, to
-
Pno.
31 mor
31
row's a
no ther
day be
- - - - - - - - - - -
2 Finale
Pno.
35
gin ning.
RYAN, DEANNA:
MICHAEL:
35
Why
Why
hold
hold
-
Pno.
38 on to
on to
38
sor
sor
row, but don't we
row, but don't we
all de
(LILLY, RYAN, DEANNA, APRIL):
all de
(JAROD, MICHAEL):
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Pno.
42 serve re
serve re
42
deem
deem
ing! Re
ing! Re
rit.
rit.
E m7/A
deem
deem
E m7/A
ing! Still we
ing! Still we
- - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - -
3Finale
Pno.
47
G/B
can't help but to won der
can't help but to won der
47
A/C
what pulled you un der?
what pulled you un der?
D
What the rea sons that
What were the rea sons that
D/F
you now al lege that
you now al lege that
- - - -
- - -
Pno.
51 G/B
life's not worth li ving?
life's not worth li ving?
51
A/C
We need for gi ving, if we
We need for gi ving, if we
pushed you so far that you're
pushed you so far that you're
22
now where you are, on the
now where you are, on the
2
- - -
- - -
Pno.
55
D
edge.
MEN:
edge.
WOMEN:
55
rit. A/B B7 B7
Still we
Still we
molto rit
Slightly slower
A/C
can't help but to won der what
can't help but to
-
4 Finale
Pno.
58 B/D
tore us a sun der?
won der what tore us a sun
58
E
How in the world did we
der? How in the
E/G
wind up this way? Things
world did we wind up this
A/C
won't be the same, is there
way? Things won't be the
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Pno.
62
B/D
some one to blame here? The
same, is there some one to blame
62
E
price is just too high to
here? The price is just
E/G
pay! Hey, the
too high to pay!
A/C
night's get ting cold er, and
Hey, the night's get ting
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Pno.
66 B/D
we want to hold you and
cold er, and we want to hold
66
E E/F
tell you it's o ver, to
you and tell you it's
E/G
ge ther we'll stay. We
o ver, to ge ther we'll
A/C
look, love, and won der,
stay. We look, love, and
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Pno.
70
B/D
how did we blun der? For we
won der, for we
70
ne ver i ma gined it would
ne ver i ma gined it would
end up being a ny thing like
end up being a ny thing like
this.
this.
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Pno.
74 Could have
Could have
74
ne ver i ma gined it would
ne ver i ma gined it would
e ver be
rit.
a ny thing like
slowly & dramatically
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Pno.
78
this!
78
3
3
3
3
subito
sustain
Pno.
83
"Come on, Josh... let's take you home."
Grandly & broadly
FINIS
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