Always Starting Over
If/Then, the Musical
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
G
In my life I never thought I'd get a second chance
G/F#
I thought I was done ? then I met you
G/F
And though I never dreamed I could learn how to love again
C/E
I placed my bet
Cm
And you came through
Gsus4 G
I somehow still lost
A - F#m/A
I somehow always do
C
This time feels new
C Csus2
Thank you for finding me
C Csus4
And thank you for the care
C Csus2 C Csus4 Bb/G - Dm/G Bb/G Dm/G
And fuck you for making me think that this life might be fair
C Csus2
You promised to love me,
C Csus4
a promise you kept
C Csus2 C Csus4 Gm
And I won't be sorry that you said to leap and I lept
Bb
I won't regret what I did then
Gm7
Though it hurts more than I could imagine back when
Eb Ebsus2
All the same, even so
Eb Ebsus2 G
I would love you all over again
Am
Am I always
Em
Starting over?
F C - G
In a brand new story
Am
Am I always
Em
Back at one
F Gsus4 - G
After all I've done?
C Csus/D
'Cause I've burned all of my bridges
C/E F - C Bb/G
And learned every last lesson too
F Csus2
So how can I start new?
D Dsus2
I'll love our children,
D Dsus4
both fiercely and well
D Dsus2
When they ask about you,
D Dsus4 C/A - Em/A C/A Em/A
oh lordy, the stories I'll tell
D Dsus2 D Dsus4
And I won't regret the lives I didn't lead
D Dsus2
I knew you, I loved you,
D Dsus4 Am
and let that be all that I need
C
Say that it's fate
Say it's foretold
Am7
I'm through with fighting it
I'm much too old
F Fsus2
What the gods have to give
F Fsus2 A
I'll take, and I'll live, and be bold
Bm
If we're always
F#m
Starting over
G D - A
Every brand-new morning
Bm
Then we're always
F#m
Starting out
G Asus4 - A
With the end in doubt
D Dsus/E
We can leave life for tomorrow
D/F# G D Am
Or grieve all that we thought we'd do
C Csus2
Or make each moment new
C6/G Cmaj7/G Csus2
All that has happened is happening now
C6/G G/F Ebsus2
All that might happen is here, somehow
Bb F/A G
All of the choices that made me me
Cm Dm/C G
All of the accidents yet to be
Csus2
All that's ahead
And all that's behind
Cm
It's all in the moment
I make up my mind
Eb
And open my heart
And start
G
And start
Cm
'Cause we're always
Gm
Starting over
Ab Eb Eb/D
Every life we're living
Cm
And we're always
Gm
Just awake
Ab Bb
Every step we take
Eb Eb/F
And my love, our life is over
Eb/G Ab Eb Bbm
But love, I'll make you one last vow
Db
To start over
Eb/Db
And over
Db Eb/Db
And over somehow
Cm7 Bb/D Cm7 Bb Eb
My new life starts right... now
