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