From "The Last Ship" musical (2013)
Original duet - Sting as Arthur, Jo Lawry as Meg
Bm(add2)[Intro - 4Bm7 timesBm7(9)]
[Arthur]
Am I Bm(add2)asking for the moon?
Is it rGmaj7eally so implausible
That yEm7ou and I could soon A7(sus4) A7
Come to sDmaj7ome kind of arrangement? F#7(sus4) F#7
I'm not B7(sus2)asking for the moon,
I've Gmaj7always been a realist,
When it's rEm7eally nothing more, A7(sus4) A7
Than a sDmaj7imple rearrangement F#7(sus4) F#7
With one rBmoof above our heads,C#7(sus4) C#7
A wF#marm house to return to. F#m(maj7) F#m7
We could stEmart with separate beds, A7(sus2) A7
I could slDmaj7eep alone - or lF#7(sus4)earn to. F#7
I'm not suggBmesting that we'd find Bm/A
Some earthly pG#7(9sus4)aradG#m7b5ise forEm7(9/11)ever,
I mean how Cmaj7(13)often does that happen now?
The F#(sus4)/C#answer's probably never.F#/C#
But if we cGmaj7ame to an arrangement,
A prE7(sus2)actical arrangement,
Then yGaug/C#ou could learn to love meF#7(b9b13)
Given tBm7(11)ime.
Gm7 E7(#9/b13)
[Meg]
Well,Am7(9) I like my independence,
I get bFmaj7y, I'm not greedy,
Do you sDm7(9)ee yourself as GalahG7(sus4)ad, G7
DCmaj7o I really look that needy?E(sus4) E
I brought a chAm7(9)ild up on my own,
It takes me Fmaj7all my strength to face him,
Dm7(9) The father upped and left mG(sus4)e, G7
And I'm not dCmaj7esperate to replace him.E(sus4) E
Tell mAme what kind of cB7(sus4)atch B7
Is a strEmuggling single mEm(maj7)other? Em7
I respDm7(9)ect you and I lG7(sus4)ike you,G7
But I wCmaj7on't accept anothE(sus4)er E
Empty prAmomise, when some grAm/Gey and stormy
RE/F#ain cloud hF#m7b5angs abDm7(9/11)ove me.
When I've hBbmaj7(13)eard it all a hundred times
From a mE(sus4)an who said he lEoved me.
BFmaj7ut if we came to an arrangement,
A prD7(sus2)actical arrangement,
Then perhFaug/Baps I'd learn to lE7(#5)ove you
Given tA7(sus2)ime.
Gm7 G7(#9/b13)
[Arthur]
I'm not prCm7(9no3)omising the moon,
I'm not prAbmaj7omising a rainbow,
Just a prFm7(11)actical solution, Bb7(11) Bb7(sus4)
To a sEbmaj7olitary life.G7(sus4) G7
I'd be a fCm7(9no3)ather to your boy,
A shAbmaj7oulder you could lean on.
How bFm7(11)ad could it be Bb7(13sus4) Bb7
To bEbmaj7e my wife? G7(sus4) G7
With one rCmoof above our heads,D7(sus4) D7
A wGmarm house to return to.Gm(maj7) Gm7
Fm7 You wouldn't have to cook for me,Bb7(sus4) Bb7
Ebmaj7 You wouldn't have to learn to.G7(sus4) G7
I'm not suggCmesting that we find Bb6(9)
Some earthly pA7(9sus4)aradAm7b5ise forFm7(11)ever.
I've no intDbmaj7ention of deceiving you,
You're fG(sus4)ar too clever. G
But we could cAbmaj7ome to an arrangement,Abmaj7(#11no3) Abmaj7(no3)
F7(sus2) A practical arrangement, F7(13sus2) F7(sus2)
And perhAbaug/Daps you'd learn to love me,G7(#5)
Given timFm7(9)e.
[Arthur & Meg]
It mAbmaj7ay not be the rCm/Bbomance that you hA7(#11sus4)ad in mFm7(11)ind,
[Arthur]
But you could lAbaug/Dearn to love me, G7(#5)
Given tC(sus2)ime.