Spring Awakening The Bitch Of Living (ver 2) Ukulele chords

The Bitch Of Living (ver 2) Ukulele by Spring Awakening

TITLE: The Bitch of Living, from Spring Awakening
MUSIC: Duncan Sheik
LYRICS: Steven Sater
ORIGINAL ARTISTS: Skylar Astin, John Gallagher Jr, Jonathan Groff,
                  Gideon Glick, Brian Charles Johnson, Jonathan B Wright
TRANSCRIPTION: Andrew Marsden

Reduced to ukulele-playable chords, from my original guitar/piano chord sheet.
Chord onset is at the beginning of the chord-as-written.

Normally, I would provide a simplified set of chords in addition to the recommendations,
but the progression of this song really requires the full range of chord-playing.

C-tuning (gCEA)
Fadd4:    2011      
Fmaj7:    2413
F7:       2313
Bbmaj7:   3210
Bbm/A:    3110
Am/F:     1403
Gm7:      0211
Bbsus2:   3011
Bbm6:     0111
Bbm:      3111
F:        2010


INTRO: Fadd4


VERSE 1
                Fmaj7
MORITZ:   God I dreamed there was an angel who could hear me through the wall,
               F7
MORITZ:   As I cried out, like in Latin, "This is so not life at all.
                   Bbmaj7
MORITZ:   "Help me out, out of this nightmare," then I heard her silver call.
              Bbm/A
MORITZ:   She said "Just give it time kid, I come to one and all."


VERSE 2
                   Fmaj7
MORITZ:   She said "Give me that hand, please, and the itch you can't control.
                  F7
MORITZ:   "Let me teach you how to handle all the sadness in your soul.
                     Bbmaj7
MORITZ:   "Oh, we'll work that silver magic, and we'll aim it at the wall."
                   Bbm/A
MORITZ:   She said "Love may make you blind, kid, but I wouldn't mind at all."


CHORUS 1 [ALL EXCEPT MELCHIOR]
                     Am/F
BOYS:     It's the bitch of living.  
OTTO:                                  (Bitch, just the bitch)
                  Gm7
BOYS:     With nothing but your hand.
OTTO:                                  (Just the bitch, yeah)
                     Bbsus2
ALL:      Just the bitch of living as someone you can't stand.


VERSE 3
                    Fmaj7
GEORG:    See, each night, it's, like, fantastic, tossing, turning, without rest.
                    F7
GEORG:    'Cause my day's at the piano with my teacher and her breasts.
                   Bbmaj7
GEORG:    And the music's like the one thing I can even get at all.
                    Bbm/A
GEROG:    And those breasts! I mean, God, please just let those apples fall.


CHORUS 2 [ALL EXCEPT MELCHIOR]
                   Am/F
ALL:      It's the bitch of living (bitch, ah, ah, ah)
                  Gm7
ALL:      With nothing going on (nothing going on)
                     Bbsus2
ALL:      Just the bitch of living, asking "What went wrong?!"
             Am/F
ALL:      Do they think we want this?
                     Gm7
ALL:      Oh, who knows?


BRIDGE
                       Fmaj7
ERNST:    See, there's showering in gym class.
                F7
HÄNSCHEN: Bobby Maler, he's the best
                   Bbmaj7
HÄNSCHEN: Looks so nasty in those khakis
                  Bbm/A
ERNST:    God, my whole life's like some test.
                       Fmaj7
OTTO:     Then there's Mariana Whelan,
                      F7
OTTO:     As if she'd return my call.
                 Bbmaj7
HÄNSCHEN: It's like, just kiss some ass, man
                     Bbm/A               Bbm6
HÄNSCHEN: Then you can screw 'em all...
          Bbm     Bbm/A
ALL:      All...


CHORUS 3
                     Am/F
MELCHIOR: It's the bitch of living
BOYS:                               (It's the bitch of living)
                 Gm7
MELCHIOR: And living in your head
BOYS:                               (In your head)
                     Bbsus2
MELCHIOR: It's the bitch of living, and sensing God is dead
BOYS:    (It's the bitch!)


CHORUS 4
                     Am/F
BOYS:     It's the bitch of living
MELCHIOR:                           (You watch me, just watch me)
                   Gm7
BOYS:     And try'na get ahead
MELCHIOR:                           (I'm calling and one day)
                     Bbsus2
BOYS:     It's the bitch of living just getting out of bed.


CHORUS 5
                         Am/F
BOYS:         It's the bitch of living, living.
MELCHIOR: All will     know...
                       Gm7
BOYS:     Living, and getting what you get.
MELCHIOR: All  will   know...
                     Bbsus2
BOYS:     Just the bitch of living,
MELCHIOR:                           And knowing this is it.


OUTRO
           Am/F                      Gm7
ALL: God, is this it? This can't be it.
     Bbsus2                    F
ALL:            Oh God, what a bitch.