Rare (Alexander 23)

Verse 1:
C
Baby
                       Dm      Bb     F  Bb 
You've been so distant from me lately
    C
And lately
                 Dm       Bb   F  Bb 
Don’t even wanna call you baby
 
Pre-Chorus:
C
  Saw us gettin' older -Older-
                        Dm 
Burnin' toast in the toaster
Bb                           F  Bb 
  My ambitions were too high
C
  Waiting up for you upstairs -Upstairs-
                         Dm 
Why you act like I’m not there?
Bb
  Baby, right now it feels like
 
Chorus:
nc            C
It feels like you don't care
              Dm        Bb           F  Bb 
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare?
C
Always there
                 Dm           Bb              F  Bb 
You don't do the same for me, that's not fair
        C
I don't have it all
 
I'm not claiming to
      Dm            Bb
But I know that I’m special -So special-, yeah
    F                Bb       C
And I’ll bet there's somebody else out there
           Dm  Bb
To tell me I’m rare
                     F  Bb 
To make me feel rare
 
Verse 2:
C
Baby
                       Dm      Bb  nc 
Don't make me count up all the reasons to stay with you
   C
No reason
                  Dm     Bb                   F   Bb 
Why you and I are not succeeding, ah-ah -Mmm, ah, ah-
 
Pre-Chorus:
C
  Saw us gettin' older 
                        Dm 
Burnin' toast in the toaster
Bb                                   F  Bb 
  My ambitions were too high -Too high-
C
  Waiting up for you upstairs -Upstairs-
                         Dm 
Why you act like I’m not there? -Oh-
Bb                         nc 
  Baby, right now it feels like -What?-
 
Chorus:
nc            C
It feels like you don't care
              Dm        Bb           F  Bb 
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare?
C
Always there
                 Dm           Bb              F  Bb 
You don't do the same for me, that's not fair
        C
I don't have it all
 
I'm not claiming to
      Dm            Bb
But I know that I’m special -So special-, yeah
    F                Bb       C
And I’ll bet there's somebody else out there
           Dm  Bb
To tell me I’m rare
                     F  Bb 
To make me feel rare    -Yeah, yeah-
 
Bridge:
C
  I'm not gonna beg for you
                      Dm      Bb                          F  Bb 
I'm not gonna let you make me cry -Ah, nah nah, make me cry-
C
  Not getting enough from you -No-oh-
                    Dm      Bb                      F  Bb 
Didn't you know I'm hard to find? -Find, hard to find-
 
Pre-Chorus:
C
  Saw us gettin' older 
                        Dm 
Burnin' toast in the toaster
Bb                                   F  Bb 
  My ambitions were too high -Too high-
C
  Waiting up for you upstairs 
                         Dm 
Why you act like I’m not there? 
Bb                         nc 
  Baby, right now it feels like 
 
Chorus:
nc            C
It feels like you don't care -You don't care-
              Dm        Bb          F    Bb 
Why don't you recognize I'm so rare? -So rare-
    C
I'm always there
                 Dm           Bb                             F  Bb 
You don't do the same for me, that's -That's- not -not- fair
        C
I don't have it all -I don't have it all-
 
I'm not claiming to -I'm not claiming to-
      Dm            Bb
But I know that I’m special -So special-, yeah
    F                Bb       C
And I’ll bet there's somebody else out there
           Dm  Bb
To tell me I’m rare
                            F  Bb 
To make me feel rare -Ooh yeah-
 
Outro:
C                 Dm 
  Ah, ah -So rare-
Bb     F  Bb 
  Rare
C     Dm  Bb     F  Bb 
  Ah, ah  -Rare-