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To Love Somebody
Arist: Nina Simone
Songwriter: Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
From the album : To Love Somebody (1969)
[Intro]
e|--A9---9---9---9---|---G7--7--7--7---|---D5---A5-------|
B|--10--10--10--10--|---8--8--8--8---|---7---5-------|
G|--9---9---9---9---|---7--7--7--7---|---7---6-------|
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[Verse 1]
There's a lAight
BmA certain kind of light
TDhat's never shown on Ame
GI want my whole lAife to be
Lived with yEou
Lived with yDou
[Verse 2]
There's a wAay
EBmverybody say
DDo each and every little thAing
WGhat good dAoes it bring
If I ain't got yEou (If I ain't got you)
If I ain't got yDou (If I ain't got you)
[Chorus]
YAou don't know
What it's lEike
Baby yDou don't know
What it's lAike
To love somebEody
To love somebDody
The way I lAove you
[Verse 3]
In my brAain
BmSee your face again
DI know my frame of mAind
YGou ain't got to be so blAind
And I'm bElind
So blDind
[Verse 4]
But I'm a woAman
CBman't you see what I am
DI live and breathe for yAou
WGhat good does it dAo
If I ain't got yEou (If I ain't got you)
If I ain't got yDou (If I ain't got you)
[Chorus]
YAou don't know
What it's lEike
Baby yDou don't know
What it's lAike
To love somebEody
To love somebDody
The way I lAove you
[Outro]
BmOh'a, yAou don't know
What it's lEike
Baby yDou don't know
What it's lAike
To love somEebody
To love somDebody
The way I lAove you
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