Moody yet romantic, expressive (q = 131)

YOU DON’T NEED TO LOVE MEMusic by TOM KITT

Lyrics by BRIAN YORKEY

A¨(add4)

mp legato throughout

With pedal

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LUCAS:

You don’t need to love

me,

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or

tell me that

you do.

A¨(add4)/G

Don’t

make me an y-

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prom

A¨(add4)/F

is- es—-

just

prom ise- we’re not

A¨(add4)/E¨

through.

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Don’t

give me one

damn thing—

D¨maj9 I won’t let

you call this

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greed—

Just

let me give

to you—

D¨maj9/C that’s the on

ly- thing

I need.

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I

know that this can work—

B¨m9(add4) if you’d plant

one sim ple-

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seed

you’d

see it grow...

E¨sus E¨You don’t need to

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love

D¨maj9me

B¨m7 E¨7(add4)/B¨ to know.

A¨(add4)

p

mp

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You don’t need to

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need

me—

it’s

bet ter- that

you don’t.

A¨(add4)/G

mf

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If

each of us can walk

D¨maj9/F

a way,-

it won’t mat

ter- that I

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A¨(add4)/E¨

won’t.

We’ll

both be self con-

-

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tained—

D¨maj9#11 but to geth

- er,- not

a lone.-

You can keep

me in

the dark—

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D¨maj9#11/C hell, it’s all

I’ve ev

er- known.

But we both

could use a

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friend—

B¨m11(add13) who will al

ways- check the phone

D¨maj9

and

take

the

E¨suscall...

dim.

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E¨

You don’t need to need

D¨maj9/F me

A¨/G

E¨7sus

at all.

mp

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A¨sus A¨

Let me be

your e mer

D¨ - gen- cy- con

E¨9(add4)/D¨

tact,-

cresc.

mf

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D¨sus2

your oc ca

E¨9/D¨

- sion- al-

plus

A¨sus2,4

one.

-

A¨(add4)

A¨sus

Your ex cuse

A¨/G

- to take a

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sick

D¨6/9/Fday

D¨sus2when the fore

D¨sus2,#4

cast

- calls

D¨(add2)for sun.

E¨9sus

cresc.

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E¨

We can keep

on

be ing- lone

Cm ly...

-

A¨maj7/C

but

we don’t have

Cm7

to be

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a

Fm7(add4)part.

-

Fm7 D¨sus2/FAnd I’ll nev

er- e ven- ask

B¨m7(add4) you

B¨m7 to

cresc.

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let

me

have

A¨maj7/C your

heart...

D¨(add2)

so I’ll nev

B¨m7(add4)

er

- break

B¨m7 A¨maj7/C

your

mf

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heart.

D¨maj9

No, I’ll nev

B¨m7(add4)

er

- break

B¨m7

your

A¨/C

heart

D¨maj9(no3)

f

poco rit.

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D¨6/9

You don’t need to love

A TempoA¨5

me

to

let me help you

mp

p

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A¨5/G

through.

You don’t need

to con fide

D¨sus2/F

- in me—

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Fm7

I’ve got crap

e nough-

for

E¨7sus two.

A¨/CYou don’t need to

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an

D¨maj9swer,

-

D¨6/9 I’ll

know be fore- you do...

Fm7/C

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A¨sus2/C

But

hear

Fm7/B¨ me,

A¨sus/B¨ and be

-

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lieve

Fm7/C me,

A¨maj7/E¨ that

you don’t need to love

D¨ me

E¨7/D¨

cresc.

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D¨(add2) E¨9/D¨ D¨maj9(no3)

A Tempo

the

way that I love

A¨(add4)

you.

p sub.

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