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Im Different

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1/4

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 4Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning: Standard
LINK
  A71 + G/B2 + Cdim3 + A7/C#4 +  
e|----------------|
B|2---3---4---5---|
G|0---0---0---0---|
D|2---------------|
A|0---2---3---4---|
E|----------------|
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CHORDS
     E-A-D-G-B-e
A7   x-0-2-0-2-0
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[Intro]
|  D|  G   D|  D   A7|
[Chorus]
 DI'm different and I Gdon't care who Dknows it
 DSomethin' about me is A7not the Dsame, yeah
 DI'm different and Gthat's how it Dgoes
 DAin't gonna play your A7goddamn Dgame
[Verse 1]
 GGot a different Dway a walkin'
 AI got a different Dkind of smile
 GI got a different Dway of talkin'
 E7Drives the women A7kind G/Bof  Cdimwi – A7/C#ild    (A7Kind G/Bof  Cdimwi – A7/C#ild)
[Chorus]
 D(He's different) And I Gdon't care who Dknows it
 D(Somethin' about him) Is A7not the Dsame
 D(He's different) And Gthat's how it Dgoes
(And he's Dnot gonna play your A7gosh darn Dgame)
[Verse 2]
 BmI ain't sayin' I'm Dbetter than you are
 GBut Amaybe I Dam
 GI only know that when I Dlook in the mirror
(break)
A6I  A6like Athe Aman ... (A6We A6like Athe Aman ...)
[Chorus]
 DI'm different and I Gdon't care who Dknows it
 DSomethin' about me is A7not the Dsame, yeah
 DI'm different and Gthat's how it Dgoes
 DAin't gonna play your A7goddamn Dgame
[Middle 8]
 F#mWhen I walk down the street in the mornin'
 BmBlue birds are singin' in the tall oak tree
 E7They sing a little song for the people
                    (break)
And they sing a little Asong for me
N.C.                                 A7  
(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)
[Chorus]
 D(He's different and he Gdon't care who Dknows it)
 D(Somethin' about him’s A7not the Dsame)
 D(He's different and Gthat's how it Dgoes)
 D(Ain't gonna play your A7gosh darn Dgame)
[Chorus]
  DI'm different and I  Gdon't care who Dknows it
(He's different and he don't care who knows it)
 DSomethin' about me’s  A7not the Dsame
(Somethin' about him’s not the same)
  DI'm different and Gthat's how it Dgoes
(He's different and that's how it goes)
                   (break)
                    D          A7[  D]
 Ain't gonna play no boss man's game
[Coda]
|  D|  G   D|  D   A7| D  

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Im Different

by Randy Newman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Cdim

A7/C#

F#m

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Tuning: Standard

LINK

A7 G/B Cdim A7/C#

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|

B|2---3---4---5---|

G|0---0---0---0---|

D|2---------------|

A|0---2---3---4---|

E|----------------|

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

A7 x-0-2-0-2-0

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[Intro]

D G D D A7

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[Chorus]

D G D

I'm different and I don't care who knows it

D A7 D

Somethin' about me is not the same, yeah

D G D

I'm different and that's how it goes

D A7 D

Ain't gonna play your goddamn game

[Verse 1]

G D

Got a different way a walkin'

A D

I got a different kind of smile

G D

I got a different way of talkin'

E7 A7 G/B Cdim A7/C# A7 G/B Cdim A7/C#

Drives the women kind of wi – ild (Kind of wi – ild)

[Chorus]

D G D

(He's different) And I don't care who knows it

D A7 D

(Somethin' about him) Is not the same

D G D

(He's different) And that's how it goes

D A7 D

(And he's not gonna play your gosh darn game)

[Verse 2]

Bm D

I ain't sayin' I'm better than you are

G A D

But maybe I am

G D

I only know that when I look in the mirror

(break)

A6 A6 A A A6 A6 A A

I like the man ... (We like the man ...)

[Chorus]

D G D

I'm different and I don't care who knows it

D A7 D

Somethin' about me is not the same, yeah

D G D

I'm different and that's how it goes

D A7 D

Ain't gonna play your goddamn game

[Middle 8]

F#m

When I walk down the street in the mornin'

Blue birds are singin' in the tall oak tree

They sing a little song for the people

(break)

And they sing a little song for me

N.C.

(La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la)

[Chorus]

D G D

(He's different and he don't care who knows it)

D A7 D

(Somethin' about him’s not the same)

D G D

(He's different and that's how it goes)

D A7 D

(Ain't gonna play your gosh darn game)

[Chorus]

D G D

I'm different and I don't care who knows it

(He's different and he don't care who knows it)

D A7 D

Somethin' about me’s not the same

(Somethin' about him’s not the same)

D G D

I'm different and that's how it goes

(He's different and that's how it goes)

(break)

D A7 D

[ ]

Ain't gonna play no boss man's game

[Coda]

D G D D A7 D

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