(I Want) Something To Live For chords by Duke Ellington
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Verse 1
(G major) (A major) I have almost (G major) ev'ry thing
(B minor) a (A major) hu man could de (G major) sire,
Cars and houses,
bear- (Bdim) skin rug (D minor) s to (G major) lie before my (D minor) fire (G major)
(C major) But there's something (E major) missing,
(G sharpaug)
(A minor) Something isn't (F sharpdim) there,
(B major) It (E major) seem (G sharp minor) s I'm nev (E major) er (G minor) kissing (D minor) the
(F sharpdim) one whom I (Cdim) (A flat major) (B flat major) care (D minor) (G major) for.
(D minor) I (A major) (D major) (F sharp minor) want (A major) Something (D major) (D minor) To
Live (G major) For (D minor) (Gsus4)
Someone (G sharpaug) (G major) to make my (E minor) life (D major) (G major) an adven (D minor) turous
(G major) dream (A major) (A flataug) (Cdim) (E major) (E minor) (A major)
(D major) Oh, what (F sharp minor) (A major) (D major) (A major) wouldn't
(D minor) I give for (G major) (D minor)
(G major) Someone (A flataug) (G major) who'd
(B minor) take my (Bdim) life (G major) (D major)
(G major) An d make it seem (F sharp minor) (C sharp minor) (F sharp minor) (D major) (B minor) gay as
they (F sharp major) say (F sharp minor) it ought to be. (Bdim)
Why (E major) (C sharp minor) (A major) (B minor) can't I have (E major) love (Eaug) like
that (E flat major) brought to me? (C sharpaug)
(A major) My (D major) eye (F sharp minor) (D minor) (D major) is (B minor) watching
(D minor) the noon crowds
Searching (A flataug) (A flat major) (E major) the prom (G major) (D minor) enades (G major)
seeking a clue (D minor) (G major) (Fdim) (D minor)
To (B minor) (G major) (F sharp major) the one (Daug) (B minor) who will (E major)
(A flataug) someday (E major) (A flatdim) be (E major) (F sharp minor) my (B minor) (F major)
(E minor) Something (G major) To Live (D major) For. (F sharp minor) (E major) (G major)
I (D major) want (G major) Something To (A major)
Live For (G major) (D minor)
Someone to make my life an
adventurous (D major) dream
Oh, what wouln't I give for
Someone who'd take
my life
And make it seem
gay as they say it ought to be.
Why can't I have love like that
brought to me?
My eye is watching the noon
crowds
(D major) Searching the promenades seeking a clue
To the one who will someday
be my Something To Live For.
(I Want) Something To Live For
Duke Ellington
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