Misc Musicals – Jekyll And Hyde - I Need To Know (Guitar)

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Based on the 1995 release "Jekyll & Hyde: The Complete Work — The Gothic Musical Thriller". Transpose up a half-step for the "Jekyll & Hyde 2012 Concept Recording". [Intro] C#madd9 C#m C#madd9 C#m F#madd9 G#sus4 G# [Verse 1]
  C#m                                           F#madd9
I need to know the nature of the demons that possess man’s soul.

   C#madd9                                            F#dim      G#7
I need to know why man’s content to let them make him less than whole.

C#m         D#       F#m        C#m
Why does he revel in murder and madness?

C#m        D#           F#m          C#m
What is it makes him be less than he should?

C#m          D#           F#m          C#m
Why is he doomed not to reach his potential?

    Amaj7sus4/D  D             Amaj7sus4/D  D         C#sus2/G#
His soul is      black when he turns his    back upon good!
[Interlude] G#sus4 C#sus2/G# Dsus2 C#sus2/G# Dsus2/E C#sus2/G# Asus2 C#sus2/G# [Verse 2]
  C#m            C#5                            F#madd9
I need to find a way to get inside the tortured mind of man.

  C#m                                       F#dim  F#madd9
I need to try to separate the good and evil if  I  can

C#m          D#            F#m     C#m
One thing is certain — the evil is stronger

C#m           D#           F#m       C#m
Good fights a hopeless and desperate fight

C#m         D#      F#m           C#m
I must find ways of adjusting the balance

  Amaj7sus4/D  D             Amaj7sus4/D  D             C#sus2/G#
To bring him   back from the empty        black edge of night!
[Verse 3]
          C#m      F#m6       G#
I need to go where no man has ventured before

C#m    F#m6           G#
    To search for the key to the door

F#m           G#7                     C#sus4    C#m
    That will end all this tragic and senseless decay!

C#m  B   A  G#sus4  G#7         C#m
But  how to go?       I need to know!

  C#m                                              F#madd9
I need to learn the secrets of the mind that we cannot discern.

  C#m                                                      F#dim  A7
I need to learn the things that make men pass the point of no   return.

C#m        D#            F#5          C#m
Why does a wise man take leave of his senses?

C#m              D#           F#5    C#m
Where is that fine line where sanity melts?

C#m         D#         F#5         C#m
When does intelligence give way to madness?

  E      D            E   D                 C#sus2/G#
A moment comes when a man becomes something else.
[Verse 4]
          C#m      F#m6           G#
I need to know why man plays this strange double game!

C#m     F#m6        G#                    
    His hand always close to the flame!

F#m        G#7                    C#sus4  C#m
    It’s a deal with the devil he cannot disclaim!

C#m  B      A   G#sus4  G#7         C#m
But  what’s his aim?      I need to know.

A    B    B     C#m  A    B    B      C#m
Dear god, guide me!  Show me how to succeed!

A    B    B        C#m     D                  Bm                 G#
With your wisdom inside me, Henry Jekyll will follow wherever you lead!
[Verse 5] (key change)
          Dm      Bb          A
I need to see the truth other men cannot see

Dm   Bb              A
  To be things that others can’t be!

Gm        A7sus4     A7          Dsus4      Dm
  Give me courage to go where no angel will go!

Dm  C A5      N.C.       Dm
And I will go! I need to know!
[Outro] Dm Dsus2 Dm C Dm Dsus2 Dm Dm/A Bb C/A Dm