1   %%header \"$T\" page $P
2   %%headerfont Times-Roman 22
3   %%titleformat C
4   %%MIDI ratio 3 1
5   %%staffnonote 0
6   X:1
7   T:Almost a father
8   L:1/4
9   M:4/4
10  Q:1/4=108
11  %%MIDI chordname dim 0 3 6 9
12  %%staves 1 {3 4}
13  K:C
14  V:1
15  %%MIDI program 21
16  Z |: "^freely" DE DC | DE DC | A,A,/B,/ CD | G,2 zG, |
17  w:Can-dy had one daugh-ter but she wan-ted a se-cond child. The
18  w:Six months la-ter she had left him, both of her girls in tow. Since
19  V:3 treble
20  z2 !arpeggio![G,B,D]z |: z[CE] z[CE] | z[CE] z[CE] | z[A,C] z[A,C] | z[G,B,] z[G,B,] |
21  V:4 bass octave=-2
22  %%MIDI gchord cc
23  %%MIDI chordprog 52
24  %%MIDI chordvol 40
25  G/B/d/f/ z2 |: "C5"c/g/z/g/ c/g/z/g/ | "A5"A/e/z/e/ A/e/z/e/ | "F"F/c/z/c/ F/c/z/c/ | "G"G/d/z/d/ G/d/z/d/ |
26  V:1
27  A,A,/B,/C/B,/A, | B,B,/C/ D/C/B, | ^CC DE | G^F z2 |
28  w:man she was li-ving with wan-ted to mar-ry her; Can-dy wan-ted free-dom!
29  w:then they've been trav-ell-ing all round the coun-try-side; now they're here in Lon-don.
30  V:3
31  z[F,A,C] [A,CF][CFA] | z[G,B,D] [B,DG][DGB] | z[A,^CE] [DEG][CGA] |[=CDGA][CD^FA] [CDEA][CDFA] |
32  V:4
33  "F"F/c/z/c/ z/c/z/c/ | "G"G/d/z/d/ z/d/z/d/ | "A7"A/e/z/e/ z/e/z/e/ | "D7"[Dd]>[Dd] [Dd][Dd] |
34  V:1
35  zG _BA | GE FG | zF AG | FD EF | EE AG |
36  w:I told her she was cra-zy to bring a child in-to a world of in-se-
37  w:I know that Fran's her favou-rite: she al-ways does what mo-ther says, and yet Vi-
38  V:3
39  z[_B,DG] z[_B,DG] | z[^CEG] z[^CEG] | z[A,DF] z[A,DF] | z[B,DF] z[B,DF] | z[A,CE] z[A,CE] |
40  V:4
41  "Gm"G/g/z/g/ G/g/z/g/ | "A7"A/a/z/a/ A/a/z/a/ | "Dm"D/d/z/d/ D/d/z/d/ | "G7"G/d/z/d/ G/d/z/d/ | "Am"A/e/z/e/ A/e/z/e/ |
42  V:1
43  FE D2 | DD GF | ED CB, | C2 z2 | z4 :|
44  w:cu-ri-ty, but she ne-ver list-ens much to me.
45  w:o-la needs some-thing more than Can-dy e-ver gives.
46  V:3
47  z[A,DF] z[A,DF] | z[B,DG] z[B,DG] | z[=B,=E^G] z[=B,=E^G] | z>C E/C/z | z2 !arpeggio![G,B,D]z :|
48  V:4
49  "Dm"D/d/z/d/ D/d/z/d/ | "G"G/d/z/d/ G/d/z/d/ | "E7/G#"^G/e/z/e/ G/e/z/e/ | "Am"A/e/ a/z/ za/e/ | "G7"G/B/d/f/ z2 :|
50  V:1
51  GG AG | GE DG, | GG AG | Ac d2- | d2 z2 |
52  w:I'm the one Vi-o-la turns to when she needs a help-ing hand. -
53  V:3
54  [CEG]2 [CFA]2 |[CEG]2 [B,DG][B,DG] |[CEG]2 [CFA]2 |[DFA]2 [DGB][FAc] |[FGBd]4 |
55  V:4
56  "C/E"[Ee]2 "F"[Ff]2 | "C/G"[Gg]2 "G"[Gg][Gg] | "C/E"[Ee]2 "F"[Ff][Ee] |\
57  "Dm"[Dd][Cc] "G7"[B,B][A,A] | "G7"[G,G]>[G,G][G,G][G,G] |
58  V:1
59  z2 e/d/-d/e/ | dc- c2 | c/B/-B/c/ BA | A/G/-G/A/ G^F |
60  w:Al-most - a fa-ther. - That's how - I see my role with - Vi-o-la.
61  V:3
62  [EGc]2 [Gce]/[Gcd]/-[Gcd]/[Gce]/ | [FAd][FAc]- [FAc]2 | [^D^FAc]/B/-B/[DFc]/ [DFB][DFA] | [=B,EA]/G/-G/[B,EA]/ [B,EG][B,^F] |
63  V:4
64  "C"C/E/G/c/ C/E/G/c/ | "Dm"D/F/A/d/ D/F/A/d/ | "B7"[B,B]>[B,B]- [B,B][B,B] | "Em"[Ee]>[Ee]- [Ee][Ee] |
65  V:1
66  zE/E/ AG/^F/ | GD-Dz | zD/D/ G=F/E/ | FC- Cz |
67  w:With her head on my shoul-der, - or her hand hold-ing my hand, -
68  V:3
69  z[CE]/[CE]/ [CEA][CG]/[C^F]/ | [DG][=B,D]-[B,D]z | z[_B,D]/[B,D]/ [B,DG][B,=F]/[B,E]/ | [CF][A,C]- [A,C]z |
70  V:4
71  "C"c/e/g/e/ c/e/g/e/ | "G/B"=B/d/g/d/ B/d/g/d/ | "Gm/Bb="_B/d/g/d/ B/d/g/d/ | "F/A"A/c/f/c/ A/c/f/c/ |
72  V:1
73  zC/C/ F/E/-E/D/ | EF/G/- GA/B/ | c>B AB/c/ | d2- dz |
74  w:Near-ly read-y - to face the world, - and a-chieve what she wants to do. -
75  V:3
76  z[_A,C]/[A,C]/ F/E/-E/D/ | [G,CE][DF]/[EG]/- [EG][CA]/[DB]/ | [EAc]>[DB] [CEA][DB]/[Ec]/ | [FAcd]2 [FG=Bd]2 |
77  V:4
78  "Fm/Ab"_A/c/f/c/ A/c/f/c/ | "C/G"G/c/f/c/ G/g/G/g/ |\
79  "Am/F#"[^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ [^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ | "F6/G"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ "G7"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ |
80  V:1
81  z2 e/d/-d/e/ | dc- c2 | c/B/-B/c/ BA | ^G3z |
82  w:Al-most - a fa-ther. - I've known - her all her life.
83  V:3
84  [EGc]2 [Gce]/[Gcd]/-[Gcd]/[Gce]/ | [FAd][FAc]- [FAc]2 | [^D^FAc]/B/-B/[DFc]/ [DFB][DFA] | z2 ^G,/=B,/E/^G/ |
85  V:4
86  "C"C/E/G/c/ C/E/G/c/ | "Dm"D/F/A/d/ D/F/A/d/ | "B7"[B,B]>[B,B]- [B,B][B,B] | "E"E/^G/=B/e/ z2 |
87  V:1
88  z^C/E/ A>^G | ^F^G/A/- A2 | ^F/F/- F/^G/ AF | B2- Bz |
89  w:Rock-ing her to sleep at night, - help-ing - her grow up right. -
90  V:3
91  [^CEA]4 |[D^FA]4 |[=B,^D^F]4 |[E^G=Bd]2 [F=GBd]2 |
92  V:4
93  "A"[Aa]3[^C^c] | "D"[Dd]3[Dd] | "B/D#"[^D^d]3[Dd] | "E7"[Ee]2 "G7"[Gg]2 |
94  V:1
95  c2 E>A | G2 EG | A2 C>E | D2- "^rall. e dim." Dz |
96  w:Al-ways been there: ev-ery path, ev-ery bend. -
97  V:3
98  [EGc]2 [A,CE]>[CEA] | [=B,EG]2 [_B,CE][B,CEG] | [CFA]2 [A,C]>[A,E] | [G,CD]2 [G,=B,D]2 |
99  V:4
100 "C"C/E/G/c/ "Am"A/c/e/a/ | "Em7/B"=B,/E/G/=B/ "C7"e_B | "F"F/A/c/f/ "Am"E/A/c/f/ | "Gsus"G,/C/D/F/ "G"G/A/B/d/ |
101 V:1
102 Q:1/4=104
103 !mp!E/D/-D/C/ GF | z2 D/C/-C/B,/ | C3z | z4 |
104 w:Al-most - a fa-ther. Al-ways - a friend.
105 V:3
106 !mp![F,_A,C]4 |[F,=B,D]2 [F,=B,D]2 |[E,G,C]4 | z2 !arpeggio![G,B,D]z |
107 V:4
108 !mp!"Fm/C"c2 c2 | "Abdim"_A2 "G7"G2 | "C"c4 | "G7"G/B/d/f/ z2 |
109 V:1
110 Z4 |
111 V:3
112 "^As the music continues, the inspector and policeman have a brief whispered conversation." [EGc]2 [Gce]/[Gcd]/-[Gcd]/[Gce]/ | [FAd][FAc]- [FAc]2 | [^D^FAc]/B/-B/[DFc]/ [DFB][DFA] | [=B,EA]/G/-G/[B,EA]/ G[B,^F] |
113 V:4
114 %%MIDI gchordoff
115 "C"C/E/G/c/ C/E/G/c/ | "Dm"D/F/A/d/ D/F/A/d/ | "B7"[B,B]>[B,B]- [B,B][B,B] | "Em"[Ee]>[Ee]- [Ee][Ee] |
116 V:1
117 Z4 |
118 V:3
119 "^INSPECTOR: All right sir, you've convinced me. I hope for your sake you can convince Social Services. Miss Madison?" z[CE]/[CE]/ [CEA][CG]/[C^F]/ | [DG][=B,D]-[B,D]z | z[_B,D]/[B,D]/ [B,DG][B,=F]/[B,E]/ | [CF][A,C]- [A,C]z |
120 V:4
121 "C"c/e/g/e/ c/e/g/e/ | "G/B"=B/d/g/d/ B/d/g/d/ | "Gm/Bb="_B/d/g/d/ B/d/g/d/ | "F/A"A/c/f/c/ A/c/f/c/ |
122 V:1
123 Z4 | z |]
124 V:3
125 z[_A,C]/[A,C]/ F/E/-E/D/ | "^POLICEMAN: Good luck." [G,CE][DF]/[EG]/- [EG][CA]/[DB]/ |\
126 [EAc]>[DB] [CEA][DB]/[Ec]/ | [FAcd]2 [FG=Bd]2 |\
127 L[^FAc_e] |]
128 V:4
129 "Fm/Ab"_A/c/f/c/ A/c/f/c/ | "C/G"G/c/f/c/ G/g/G/g/ | "Am/F#"[^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ [^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ |\
130 "F6/G"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ "G7"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ | "F#dim"L[^F^f] |]
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