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3   %%titleformat C
4   %%MIDI ratio 3 1
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6   X:1
7   T:Despair plus Almost a father
8   L:1/4
9   M:4/4
10  Q:1/4=112
11  %%staves 1 2 {3 4}
12  K:C
13  V:1
14  %%MIDI control 10 100 % speaker
15  %%MIDI program 52
16  Z3 | z2"^CHORUS" zG |
17  w:Des-
18  V:2
19  %%MIDI control 10 20
20  %%MIDI program 56
21  Z4 |
22  V:3 treble
23  [EAc]/B/A/B/ [E_Ac]2 |[EGc]/B/A/B/ [_E=Ac]2 |[FAc]/B/A/B/ [=EAc]A |[FAd-]2[FGBd]2 |
24  V:4 bass octave=-2
25  %%MIDI gchord cc
26  %%MIDI chordprog 52
27  %%MIDI chordvol 30
28  %%MIDI chordname dim 0 3 6 9
29  "Am"[Aa]2 "Abaug"[_A_a]2 | "C/G"[Gg]2 "Gbdim"[_G_g]2 | "F"[Ff]2 "Am/E"[Ee]2 | "Dm"[Dd]2 "G7"[Gg]2 |
30  V:1
31  c2 zG | A2 zD | ^DD ^CD | E2 zG |
32  w:pair, des-pair, you'll find it ev-ery-where. We
33  V:2
34  z2 "^GARY" e/d/-d/e/ | dc- c2 | c/B/-B/c/ BA | A/G/-G/A/ G^F |
35  w:Al-most - a fa-ther. - That's how - I see my role with - Vi-o-la.
36  V:3
37  [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] |
38  V:4
39  "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] |
40  V:1
41  c2 zA | B2 zA | GA _BG | A2 zA |
42  w:all pre-tend that we don't have a care, But
43  V:2
44  zE/E/ AG/^F/ | GD-Dz | zD/D/ G=F/E/ | FC- Cz |
45  w:With her head on my shoul-der, - or her hand hold-ing my hand, -
46  V:3
47  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 |
48  V:4
49  "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/ |
50  V:1
51  _AA zA | GG zG | ^FF zF | =F2 zG |
52  w:un-der the sur-face the prob-lems are there. Des-
53  V:2
54  zC/C/ F/E/-E/D/ | EF/G/- GA/B/ | c>B AB/c/ | d2- dz |
55  w:Near-ly read-y - to face the world, - and a-chieve what she wants to do. -
56  V:3
57  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 |
58  V:4
59  "Fm/Ab"_A/c/f/c/ A/c/f/c/ | "C/G"G/c/f/c/ G/g/G/g/ |\
60  "Am/F#"[^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ [^F^f]/[Ff]/-[Ff]/[Ff]/ | "F6/G"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ "G7"[Gg]/[Gg]/-[Gg]/[Gg]/ |
61  V:1
62  c2 zG | A2 zD | ^DD ^CD | E2 z^G |
63  w:pair, des-pair, it takes us un-a-ware. The
64  V:2
65  z2 e/d/-d/e/ | dc- c2 | c/B/-B/c/ BA | ^G3z |
66  w:Al-most - a fa-ther. - I've known - her all her life.
67  V:3
68  [EGc]2 [Gce]/[Gcd]/-[Gcd]/[Gce]/ | [FAd][FAc]- [FAc]2 | [^D^FAc]/B/-B/[DFc]/ [DFB][DFA] | z2 ^G,/=B,/E/^G/ |
69  V:4
70  "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 |
71  V:1
72  A2 ^CE | ED- D^C | =B,2 ^C^D | E2 Dz |
73  w:wheel keeps on turn-ing; - we need to be on it.
74  V:2
75  z^C/E/ A>^G | ^F^G/A/- A2 | ^F/F/- F/^G/ AF | B2- Bz |
76  w:rock-ing her to sleep at night, - help-ing - her grow up right. -
77  V:3
78  [^CEA]4 |[D^FA]4 |[=B,^D^F]4 |[E^G=Bd]2 [F=GBd]2 |
79  V:4
80  "A"[Aa]3[^C^c] | "D"[Dd]3[Dd] | "B/D#"[^D^d]3[Dd] | "E7"[Ee]2 "G7"[Gg]2 |
81  V:1
82  C2 CD | E2 C2 | CD EF | G3 z |
83  w:Though we would dear-ly love a mo-ment's rest,
84  V:2
85  c2 E>A | G2 EG | A2 C>E | D2- Dz |
86  w:Al-ways been there: ev-ery path, ev-ery bend. -
87  V:3
88  [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 |
89  V:4
90  "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/ |
91  V:1
92  c2 cc | B3 B | A2 AA | GG- Gz |
93  w:We don't con-trol the lives we are liv-ing. -
94  V:2
95  E/D/-D/C/ GF | z2 D/C/-C/B,/ | C3z | Z |
96  w:Al-most - a fa-ther. Al-ways - a friend.
97  V:3
98  [F,_A,C]4 |[F,=B,D]2 [F,=B,D]2 |[E,A,C]4 | [E,G,=B,]4 |
99  V:4
100 "Fm/C"c2 c2 | "Abdim"_A2 "G7"G2 | "Am"A2 A2 | "Em"E2 E2 |
101 V:1
102 F2 FF | E3 E | D2 DD | C3 z |]
103 w:All we can do is hope for the best.
104 V:2
105 Z4 |]
106 V:3
107 [A,CF]4 |[G,CE]4 |[F,B,D]4 |[E,G,C]3z |]
108 V:4
109 "F"F2 F2 | "C/G"G2 G2 | "G7"G2 G2 | "C"[Cc]3z |]
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