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This is some song man, want to say cheers to paulo burnett:P for puttin it on his 
   Signed Niall Gibson;) Neilston, Glasgow
Verse 1
GTo be someone must be a wonderful thing, to be a footballer or rock sing-er,
Cadd9  Em7  Am     Cadd9       Em7
or a film st-ar, Gyeah a think that a would like, a would like tha-t
GTo be rich and have alot of fa-gs, show other girls that am there man
Cadd9To be nEm7umber oAmne, love like everybody wa-nGts
GGettin drugged up with ma trendy fri-ends, i think they dig me more than i
                 Cadd9   Em7    Am     Cadd9
dig Amthem, but the money i have spent, it is like my fame and it quickily
go-Gne
Cadd9        Em7           Am          Cadd9
Em7no swimmin in Amma guitar shaped po-ol, no more reporters at my beck and ca-ll
 Cadd9       Em7           Am
no more cocaiEmne now its only ground chalk, and i cant afford a taxi so ii'l
Amhave to walk
Chorus
D            C       G        D
But dGidnt i have a nice time, but didnt i have a nice ti-me,
DBut didnt i Cadd9have a nice Ctime
Verse 2
GI realise i should have stuck to my gu-ns, spat me out just like a bastard
son
Cadd9   Em    Am    Cadd9      Em7
And i lost myself, and Gi know that it was wrong, but it cost me lo-ts
Cadd9Theres no more drinking now the clGubs shut down, and Cadd9im out here on my
arse with the reGst of the clowns, and im Cadd9really scared with out my
Gbody-guard, when im Cadd9sitting all alone in my eGxpensive ya-rd,
DBut did i hCadd9ave a nice tiG-me   x5
Chorus
D            Cadd9            G       D
i cant Cremember if i had a nice time, did i have a nice time
GTo be someone must be a wonderful thing
The words might be a bit wrong but that should be it;)
Hope yees enjoyed it :P;)

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To Be Someone

by Paul Weller

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Cadd9

Em7

This is some song man, want to say cheers to paulo burnett:P for puttin it on his

Signed Niall Gibson;) Neilston, Glasgow

Verse 1

To be someone must be a wonderful thing, to be a footballer or rock sing-er,

Cadd9 Em7 Am Cadd9 Em7

or a film st-ar, yeah a think that a would like, a would like tha-t

To be rich and have alot of fa-gs, show other girls that am there man

Cadd9 Em7 Am G

To be number one, love like everybody wa-nts

Gettin drugged up with ma trendy fri-ends, i think they dig me more than i

Cadd9 Em7 Am Cadd9

dig them, but the money i have spent, it is like my fame and it quickily

go-ne

Cadd9 Em7 Am Cadd9

Em7 Am

no swimmin in ma guitar shaped po-ol, no more reporters at my beck and ca-ll

Cadd9 Em7 Am

no more cocaine now its only ground chalk, and i cant afford a taxi so ii'l

have to walk

Chorus

D C G D

But didnt i have a nice time, but didnt i have a nice ti-me,

D Cadd9 C

But didnt i have a nice time

Verse 2

I realise i should have stuck to my gu-ns, spat me out just like a bastard

son

Cadd9 Em Am Cadd9 Em7

And i lost myself, and i know that it was wrong, but it cost me lo-ts

Cadd9 G Cadd9

Theres no more drinking now the clubs shut down, and im out here on my

G Cadd9

arse with the rest of the clowns, and im really scared with out my

G Cadd9 G

body-guard, when im sitting all alone in my expensive ya-rd,

D Cadd9 G

But did i have a nice ti-me x5

Chorus

D Cadd9 G D

i cant remember if i had a nice time, did i have a nice time

To be someone must be a wonderful thing

The words might be a bit wrong but that should be it;)

Hope yees enjoyed it :P;)

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