1

HEY, KID
Music by TOM KITT
Lyrics by BRIAN YORKEY

Colla voce
B¨sus2,#4 F(add2)/A C7(add4)/G F6/9/A


      
       
JOSH:
      
   



Hey, kid. Ev -’ry - one’s wait - ing on you, kid. Ev -’ry - one’s won - d’ring what you’ll

     
 
 



   
mf mp

   
 

Flowing, not too fast (q = 86)

    
3 B¨6(add#4) Dm7(add4) C7sus(add6) C7 F,9 Fsus2,4
  


      
do, kid. It’s true, kid. Me too, kid.

 
          
           
mf mp mf


legato throughout
 
   
  
   
 


5
 
      
Fmaj9 Fsus2,4 Fmaj9
      


Hey, kid, we’re so ex - cit - ed just to

          

            
         

cresc. mf

    
          
 
2

Fsus2,4 F,9

7

         
          


 
know you’ll soon be here. Say— kid— we’re both de -light - ed— though that

     
             
        
   
      
  

Fsus2,4 E¨/G Fsus2,4 E¨/G B¨sus2,#4

               


 
may not seem so clear. But I did my O. B. ro - ta- tion, so I know the ins and

       
                          
 
cresc. dim.

       
       

                 
11 Dm9 B¨sus2,#4 F/A F(add2)/A
   

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outs. And you’re an act of God’s cre - a - tion, so I’m fine with all the

   
         
       

 
cresc.

         
    
 


Dm9 B¨sus2 F(add2)/A

13

         


doubts. I’m a doc - tor and a

   
   
     
         
dim.
        
       
 
 3


15 Gm7add4 C7sus

              
  


sol - dier, I’ve been shelled, and un - der fire... but kid— if I

                          
       
       
cresc.
  
        
 

17 Fmaj9 Fsus2,4
 
        


say that you don’t scare me, I’m a liar.

       
                     
   
 
dim.
         
    


 

Fmaj9 Fsus2,4

19
  
                  


Now, kid— you did sur - prise me, though I know the facts of life.

    
                
mf
      
       
      

 
Fmaj9 Fsus2,4 E¨/G Fsus2,4 E¨/G

  
21

    
            



Wow, kid— it ter - ri - fies me just to say, “my preg - nant wife.” ’Cause


               
           
cresc.
      

 

   
4
23 B¨sus2,#4 F/A F(add2)/A Dm9
       
              


kid, I got - ta tell ya, I’m not read - y—not a bit. There’s this

                      
          


  
 dim.
      
      
 


25 B¨sus2,#4 F(add2)/A Dm9
                
   


ma - cho act I’ll sell ya— while in - side I lose my shit. It’s

         
                   
  
 
    

cresc.

         
   
 

     
27 B¨sus2 F(add2)/A Gm7add4
          



not that I don’t want you, ’cause I do, des - pite my

    

        
         
           
dim.

      

29 C7sus
   
  
           


fears, but kid— is it true you’ll stick a - round for eigh - teen

 
   
                       
cresc.

      
 
 
 
 
 
   
 5

   
31 F,9 Fsus2,4 F6/9

     



years? Then the

 
        
               
mf p sub.

    
          
   

Patter, in tempo
D¨maj7 G¨6/9

33

                  


call comes on the i - Phone, I grab a cab cross town, I
 
 
    
p

    

D¨maj7 D¨/G¨ D¨,7/G¨

                 


find her on the fourth floor, and they’ve got her in the gown. She’s
  
    
   

    




E¨m7 A¨13
 
35

                 


nev - er looked less love - ly— she’s a grump and she’s got gas. And the


   
 
 
    

6

  E¨m7  
36

        
A¨13¨9
        


la - bor’s eigh - teen hou - rs— oh my God, kid— move your ass. Then at

   
       

     
cresc.

 

 Am7
       
37
Am7/D
    
D
  



last you make your en - trance and, well, kid, you’re quite a sight. I’ll be


       
    
mf
     
  

 Am9
       
38
    
D7sus D9
    


hon - est— you’re dis - gust - ing— but I know that you’re all right. Though you’re

      
      

cresc.

       
   


   
39

       
Gm7 Am7
     


scream - ing and you’re spit - ting and I can’t quite see your charms, they

        
           
p sub.
 
cresc.
 
     
   
 7
B¨maj9

        Bm7¨5        
40


  



clean you and they clothe you and they put you in my arms... And I

    
 
    
              

    

  
rit.
f
  
dim.

          
  

 
C7sus
     
42

            


real - lize, in an in - stant that I’ve known you all a - long, that I’ve

               
                    
mp a tempo
            
       

        
44

           


want - ed you for - ev - er, that I’ll nev - er do you wrong. And what

 
                           
            
    
   

46 B¨(add2)/D C7sus/E

                 


ev - er this world comes to, and what - ev - er comes our way— I will

    
                           
cresc. poco a poco
            
    
   
8

  
48 Fsus G13 Dm/G

      
       


watch you, and pro - tect you, I prom - ise, kid, we’ll be o -


           
      
            
    
    
 
cresc.
      



    

   
50

    
C7sus E¨6/9
   


kay... We’ll be o - kay... We’ll be o -

                                

52

   
A¨maj9 E¨/G E¨sus/G E¨/G



kay... Hey...

       
      

 
  
         
 
      
dim.
  
  

54 Fmaj9 Fsus2,4

                 



kid. I feel like yell - ing— ring the bell and bang the drum. Say,

  
 
             
          
mp cresc.

       
       
 9

 
56 Fmaj9 Fsus2,4 E¨/G Fsus2,4 E¨/G

         
        


kid, there’s just no tell-ing all the things that you’ll be - come. And I

    
                         
 
mp cresc.
     
     
 

    
58 B¨sus2,#4 F/A F(add2)/A Dm9
       
   


  
think we’ll have some fun here, your mom, and you, and me. And be-

                
          
    
mf
 dim.
        
    


60 B¨sus2,#4 F(add2)/A

            


fore your time is done here, kid of mine, I hope

  
             



  
cresc.
  


 
61

 
Dm9
    



you’ll see that this

  
   

     

 
 
       
   
 
10

  
62 B¨sus2 F(add2)/A Gm7add4

          
  


life is what you make it— it’s cli - ché, which means it’s

    

    
            
dim. mp

            
     

64

C7sus
             
 


true. And kid, it makes my life to know I helped make

        
                    

cresc.

            
   
   

66

 
Fmaj9 Fsus2,4 F6/9
       



you. As a

 
              
f
        
dim. mp
 
             
   

68 B¨sus2,#4 F(add2)/A C7(add4)/G Fsus2

                        


fath - er, kid, I may not have a clue, but your mom and me will some - how mud - dle through. If my

 
   

   
p colla voce

    

 11

 
70 C9/E A7sus A7

           


ass - hole dad could do it, I can too— in

   
 

cresc.

  
 

71 Dm G9
 

         


fact, I’ll do bet - ter, I’ll start new. ’Cause

 

    

    
rall. dim.

 



72 C7sus
    
C7

       


kid, our kid, my kid— I love

      
                           
mf cresc.

a tempo
             
        

 
Fmaj9 Gm7/F F(add2) Gm7/C F
  
74




you.

  
      
      
     


 
f
   
rall.
        

     