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To Love Somebody

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I really love Blue Rodeo's version of this song. Nobody tabbed or chorded it so I took 
liberty of doing so. Blue Rodeo is so underrated.
Verse 1:
There's a GlightAm  
A certain kind of lightC  
That never shines on meG  F  
I want my life to Gbe
Here with Dyou
I wanna be with Cyou
Verse 2:
There's a GwayAm  
I hear everybody sayC  
Just to do everything that I GcanF  
But what good will it Gdo
If I can't have Dyou
If I can't have Cyou
Baby
Chorus:
GYou don't know what it's Dlike
No Cyou don't know what it's Glike
GYou don't know what it's Dlike
No Cyou don't know what it's Glike
To love someDbody
To love someCbody
The way I Glove you
Solo - just follow the chord changes same as verse (standard BR Solo)
Verse 3:
I'm a GmanAm  
Can't you see that's what I amC  
And every breath that I take, I take from GyouF  
But what good would breathing Gdo
If I can't have Dyou
If I can't have Cyou
Baby
Chorus
Horns / Strings / Lap Steel segment (same changes as verse)
Chorus (over and over again)

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To Love Somebody

by Blue Rodeo

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I really love Blue Rodeo's version of this song. Nobody tabbed or chorded it so I took

liberty of doing so. Blue Rodeo is so underrated.

Verse 1:

G Am

There's a light

A certain kind of light

G F

That never shines on me

I want my life to be

Here with you

I wanna be with you

Verse 2:

G Am

There's a way

I hear everybody say

G F

Just to do everything that I can

But what good will it do

If I can't have you

Baby

Chorus:

G D

You don't know what it's like

C G

No you don't know what it's like

G D

You don't know what it's like

C G

No you don't know what it's like

To love somebody

The way I love you

Solo - just follow the chord changes same as verse (standard BR Solo)

Verse 3:

G Am

I'm a man

Can't you see that's what I am

G F

And every breath that I take, I take from you

But what good would breathing do

If I can't have you

Baby

Chorus

Horns / Strings / Lap Steel segment (same changes as verse)

Chorus (over and over again)

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