The Anonymous Ones

(from “Dear Evan Hansen” soundtrack)

[Verse 1]
A D
Ever look at all the people, seem to know exactly how to be?

(How to be, how to be now, how to be)
A D
You think they don’t need piles of prescriptions to function naturally?

(Functioning natural)
A D
Take a look and you might just catch it, stay a minute more

(Minute more, minute more now, minute more)
A D
There’s a little moment after the sunny smile that eyes fall to the floor

(To the floor, to the floor now, to the floor)

[Pre-Chorus]
A D
And then truth starts peeking through (Peeking through)
A D
They don’t lie like me and you
A D
They can fake a smile too

[Chorus]
F#m A D E
Thе anonymous ones never lеt you see the hate they carry (They carry, they carry, they carry)
F#m A D E
All those anonymous ones never name the quiet pain they bury (They bury, they bury, they bury)
F#m E
Keep on keeping secrets that they think they have to hide
D E
What if everybody’s secret is they have that secret side?
F#m Em A D
And to know, to know we’re not alone is all we’re hoping for
C
I don’t wanna be anonymous
Bm
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
A D
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore (Anymore)

[Verse 2]
A D
Spot the girl who stays in motion, spins so fast so she won’t fall

(World’s spinning so fast, spinning so fast)
A D
She’s built a wall of her achievements to keep out the question, without it is she worth anything at all?

[Pre-Chorus]
A D
And truth starts peeking through
A D
They don’t lie like me and you
A D
They can fake a smile too

[Chorus]
F#m A D E
The anonymous ones never let you see the hate they carry (They carry, they carry, they carry)
F#m A D E
All those anonymous ones never name the quiet pain they bury (They bury, they bury, they bury)
C
I don’t wanna be anonymous
Bm
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
A
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore

[Bridge]
A
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well, but that doesn’t mean they’re not heavy
F#m
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well, but that doesn’t mean they’re not heavy

(I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore)
E D
The parts we can’t tell, we carry them well, but that doesn’t mean they’re not heavy, heavy

[Chorus]
F#m A D E
Anonymous ones never let you see the hate they carry (They carry, they carry, they carry)
F#m A D E
All the anonymous ones never name the quiet pain they bury
F#m E
Keep on keeping secrets that they think they have to hide
D E
What if everybody’s secret is they have that secret side?
F#m Em A D
And to know, to know we’re not alone is all we’re hoping for
C
I don’t wanna be anonymous
Bm
I ain’t gotta be anonymous
A
I don’t wanna be anonymous anymore