Misc Musicals – Frankenstein A New Musical - The Proposition (Guitar)

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[Intro] F# F#m7 [Verse] (Victor):
     A   E                F#m
I created you with a noble purpose

   A    E                       F#m
To free mankind from the fear of death!

D        A                          Bm
If I had known it would lead to such bloodshed

D                  E         F#
I would never have given you breath
(Creature):
F#m
Has it not pierced your brilliant mind
Our actions cannot be undone? I will reign fear upon your kind
D              C#                    F#m
Unless you now complete what you've begun

      A    E                    F#m
Listen carefully, Victor Frankenstein

        A     E                   F#m
I have a proposition to present to you!

D            A                         Bm
You have one chance to redeem your transgressions

        D        E             F#m
You have one last experiment to do

F#m
Create a woman to share the strife
Make her as vile as my darkest pain Make me the joy of a kindred wife
D                          C#
In return, you shall never see me again
[Chorus] (Victor):
Dm                 E        Eb
Never! Impossible! Preposterous!

    Dm
Your scheme is outrageous, absurd!

                Gm
One more just as monstrous
I'll not inflict such horror on this world! (Creature):
                    D#
What's wrong, what's right?!

Gm      D#
Do you decide?

             D#        Cm   C D Gm
I'm more than blood and bone!

Gm
I need a mate

              D#
One made as I!

Gm            D#
I won't exist alone
[Verse] (Victor):
Cm
Who are you to make demands?
Who's now twice a criminal?
              G#               Cm
My brother's blood, upon your hands

Fm           G          Cm
Asking me to serve your will
A second beast to bring new terror Upon the young and innocent
        G#                  Cm
I'll not willingly repeat my error!

        Fm         Cm
You will not get my consent!
(Creature): Victor you complete this task
                     G#
And end your family's mourning

Cm
It's the last I'll ever ask

                  G#
The boy was just a warning

Fm                       D#          Cm7        Fm
Create another wretch as I, a love I cannot be denied

      A#m              Cm
A soul content to live beside me

G#                         Gm              Cm7               Fm
I'll take my bride and run away, someplace safe where we can stay

        Dm          Gsus4   G
Far from man and his insanity
[Chorus] (Victor):
Cm
I think it wrong, I think it sick!

               G# A#
A corruption of biology
(Creature):
Cm
But here's your chance to make it right

            G#
And offer an apology
[Bridge] (Victor):
Fm                     D#               Cm             Fm
Can I undo the great mistake? Erase the sorrow from my wake?

      A#       Bm        Cm
Never again to face this demon

G#                            Gm               Cm7
And might I still attain the dream, with now a woman as the means

       Dm           G
Bestow life upon my mission
(Chorus):
          G#
Bestowing life
(Victor and Creature):
          A#        D#
Life everlasting, reanimation

Cm         G#     D#
A flawless new design

Cm         A#    D#     Fm
The finest woman in all creation

         G
And she will be
(Creature):
Cm
Mine...
(Victor):
                  G#
But softer now, a female frame

     Fm          G
And agile hands required

     G#                  Cm
And one who is lost, may yet may be reclaimed

  G
Reborn of heaven's fire
(Creature):
                               Bb
This is your chance, you will atone

                  G
And never see me again

   Cm          G         D#        G#
Remaster your fate! And face the unknown

               Fm        G     Cm
And bring this nightmare to an end
(Victor):
                          G#
This is my chance, I will atone (Here's your last chance, you will atone)
And finally know peace (Creature):
        G
As will I
(Victor & The Creature):
Cm                       G#
One more leap into the unknown

Fm            G               Cm
And purge the name of Frankenstein!
(Justine):
                          A# Cm
I am innocent! INNOCENT!