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BEING SOMEBODY ELSE     -       Del Amitri
Tuning: DADGBe
Capo on 2nd 
Intro:
 D5- Em11 -  C- 
 D5- Em11 -  Cadd9-
 D5- Em11 -  C- 
 D5- Em11 -  Cadd9  
                              D5Em11                                     C  
How are      you going to pa -        ss the     time of day 
                      D5Em11                 C                               C  
In your      beautiful        empty     shell 
                           D5Em11                                        C  
When you've      shaken the        hand of so ma -     ny sinceroes 
                         D5Em11                    G/B(C)                       
You      feel like a fa -        ke your -       self 
Chorus:
       Cadd9How do you choose between 
       Cadd9you and me when
     E7we both feed on 
     E7being somebody 
        D5Em11              C         D5Em11                                            Cadd9  
      E-         E-      E-       E-        lse 
                           D5Em11                                        C  
So you      suck on the ju -        ice of      youth and use 
                      D5Em11                C                                C  
any      chemical yo -        u can     get 
                           D5Em11                                        C  
You get      deeper in de -        bt every     step you take 
                           D5Em11                   G/B(C)                     
on your      ladder of li -        feless -       ness 
Chorus:
            Cadd9Bye bye to the 
        Cadd9boring times
Hel -      E7lo to my friend, 
how you      E7been being somebody else? 
        D5Em11              C         D5Em11                                          
      E-         E-      E-       E-        lse 
       Cadd9somebody, somebody
Break:
 D5- Em11 -  C- 
 D5- Em11 -  Cadd9-
 D5- Em11 -  C- 
 D5- Em11 -  Cadd9- 
 D5-     E7-     F6-     G6-    
 D5-     B-      C-          D5/
e|-------/-------/-------/-------|
B|-------/-------/------3/-------|
G|-------/----1-2/----5--/----1-2|    2x 
D|----0h4/--0----/--5----/--0----|
A|--0----/-------/3------/-------|
D|0------/2------/-------/x------|
                               D5Em11                                   C  
Now the      troops in you he -       ad won't o -     bey what you say 
                        D5Em11                  C                            C  
And the      mutiny see -       ms to     spread 
                     D5Em11                                              C  
    all you can hea -        r is a     voice in your ear 
                               D5Em11                 G/B(C)                  
and it's      telling you tha -        t you're      dead 
Chorus:
       Cadd9The sun sets in a 
       Cadd9coffee cup, 
the      E7moon throws up 
The      E7flood flows over the 
    Ghouse, 
The     Gbooks start     Gjumping from the 
    Fshelf F  
And the     Fclothes horse races it -      E7self 
Now we're all so      E7busy being somebody 
 D5/                                                             
      E-  E-  E- lse
Outro:
 D5- Em11 -                                                               C  
               somebody, somebody   4x 
 D5-     E7-     F6-     G6-    
 D5-     B-      C-          D5/
 D5- Em11 -       C6x 
 D5//
      D500023x
Em11    20003x
       Cx3201x
   Cadd9x3203x
     G/Bx2000x
      E722013x
      F633323x
      G655545x
       Bx2444x

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Being Somebody Else

by Del Amitri

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/B

BEING SOMEBODY ELSE - Del Amitri

Tuning: DADGBe

Capo on 2nd

Intro:

D5 C

- Em11 - -

D5 Cadd9

- Em11 - -

D5 C

- Em11 - -

D5 Cadd9

- Em11 -

D5 C

Em11

How are you going to pa - ss the time of day

D5 C C

Em11

In your beautiful empty shell

D5 C

Em11

When you've shaken the hand of so ma - ny sinceroes

D5 G/B C

Em11 ()

You feel like a fa - ke your - self

Chorus:

Cadd9

How do you choose between

Cadd9

you and me when

we both feed on

being somebody

D5 C D5 Cadd9

Em11 Em11

E E E E

- - - - lse

D5 C

Em11

So you suck on the ju - ice of youth and use

D5 C C

Em11

any chemical yo - u can get

D5 C

Em11

You get deeper in de - bt every step you take

D5 G/B C

Em11 ()

on your ladder of li - feless - ness

Chorus:

Cadd9

Bye bye to the

Cadd9

boring times

Hel - lo to my friend,

how you been being somebody else?

D5 C D5

Em11 Em11

E E E E

- - - - lse

Cadd9

somebody, somebody

Break:

D5 C

- Em11 - -

D5 Cadd9

- Em11 - -

D5 C

- Em11 - -

D5 Cadd9

- Em11 - -

D5 E7 F6 G6

- - - -

D5 B C D5

- - - /

e|-------/-------/-------/-------|

B|-------/-------/------3/-------|

G|-------/----1-2/----5--/----1-2| 2x

D|----0h4/--0----/--5----/--0----|

A|--0----/-------/3------/-------|

D|0------/2------/-------/x------|

D5 C

Em11

Now the troops in you he - ad won't o - bey what you say

D5 C C

Em11

And the mutiny see - ms to spread

D5 C

Em11

all you can hea - r is a voice in your ear

D5 G/B C

Em11 ()

and it's telling you tha - t you're dead

Chorus:

Cadd9

The sun sets in a

Cadd9

coffee cup,

the moon throws up

The flood flows over the

house,

G G

The books start jumping from the

F F

shelf

F E7

And the clothes horse races it - self

Now we're all so busy being somebody

E E E

- - - lse

Outro:

D5 C

- Em11 -

somebody, somebody 4x

D5 E7 F6 G6

- - - -

D5 B C D5

- - - /

D5 C

- Em11 - 6x

00023x

Em11 20003x

x3201x

Cadd9

x3203x

G/B

x2000x

22013x

33323x

55545x

x2444x

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