{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":826169,"song":"Be Somebody","artist":"Paula Cole","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11597523-be-somebody-chords-by-paula-cole/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/826169?type=chord","rating":0.05629,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]  \r\nLittle boy caught in a drive-by [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nWitnessed the killer who made his daddy die, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd 'cause he identified and signed the dotted line,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]H[/ch]\r\nHe could feel it in his stomach, he signed away his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLittle boy who once was the leader of his class [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nThe little source of joy, always neatly dressed [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow would hang his head and be left crying at his desk,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]H[/ch]\r\nWas found with his mother, lying in her lap [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith two bullets in his chest [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd,oh my god,what is this madness? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI will not let it kill by gladness [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd,oh my god, what is this madness? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]H[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy joy inside will send this message [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]H[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor we all are children of the Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]H[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nFor we all are children of the Father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOutspoken man, leading sisters and brothers, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nPicked himself up from hustling,drugs and gutters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nDoing time on the inside, he found a higher power [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]H[/ch]\r\nNow, back with a mission to help us help each other [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nRespected from bourgeoisie to homeless in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]H[/ch]\r\nFrom universities, Africa, the Middle East [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd through the threats of death he spoke truth and set men free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]H[/ch]\r\nBut the power of the truth made enemies of the weak [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe was killed by his own people [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh my god, what is this madness? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI will not let it kill my gladness [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh my god, what is this madness?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]H[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy joy inside will send this message [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]H[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor we all are children of the Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]H[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfor we all are children [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                 [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nIgnite This Fire inside, this light that is the Truth [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]H[/ch]\r\nShake off the system's chains, no longer be their fool [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nIn the face of brutality, show the other cheek [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]H[/ch]\r\nTrigger-happy policing will never kill our dignity [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd,oh my god, what is this madness? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI will not let it kill my gladness [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh my god, what is this madness? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]H[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]H[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   x2\r\nMy joy inside will send this message [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [[ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n  [Lift up your heart and See [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [                    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nx2[Open your heart and See[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [                       [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  [Lift up your heart and Sing...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]H[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor we all are children of the Mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]H[/ch]\r\nI want to be somebody [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI want to make a difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]H[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor we all are children of the Father[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["E","H","C#m","A","G#m","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}