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G     000    C 3rd x  0 0   Am/D xx0  0    F xx
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    |2||||         ||2|||        |||2||      |||2||
    3||||3         |3||||        ||||||      ||3|||
 Intro:
ACh,      ah, ah, ah, Gah,   ah, ah,     ah, ah, ah, Am/Dah,   ah, ah,  ah, ah, 
ah, Fah,  ah, ah,  ah, ah,  ah.
Verse 1:
 CThis time,  I wonder what it Gfeels like,    to find the one in Am/Dthis life, 
the one we all dream oFf,    but dreams just aren't enough so I'll be 
waiting on the Creal thing.    I'll know it by the Gfeeling,     the moment 
when were Ammeeting, we'll play out like a Fscene, straight off the silver 
screen.   So I'll be holing my Am/Dbreath,  right up to the end, til' it's that 
moment when,  FI find the one that I spend Gforever with.
Chorus:
  CCause nobody wants to be the last one there,  and Geveryone wants to feel
 like someone cares,  Am/Dsomeone to love with my life in their hands there's 
Fgotta' be someone for me like that. CCause nobody wants to go in on their 
own,  and Geveryone wants to know their not alone. Am/DSomebody else that feels 
the same somewhere, theirs Fgotta be somebody for me out there.
Verse 2:
 CTonight,  out in the street out in the Gmoonlight,  and damn it this feels 
Am/Dtoo right,  it's just like de' ja Fvu,  me standin' here with you. So I'll 
be holdin' my Am/Dbreath. Could this be the end? Is it that moment when,  FI 
find the one that I spend Gforever with?
 Repeat Chorus.
 Interlude:
    Am/DAh,    ah, ah, ah, Fah,   ah, ah,  ah, ah, ah, Am/Dah,   ah, ah,   ah, ah, 
ah, Fah,   ah, ah,  ah, ah,  ah.     You Ccan't give up (when you're looking 
for) a Gdiamond in the rough. (because you never know) when Am/Dit shows up. 
(make sure your holdin on) cause Fit could be the one,  the one your waiting 
on.
 Chorus: 
 Cause Cnobody wants to be the last one there, and Geveryone wants to feel 
like someone cares. Am/DSomeone to love with my life in their hands, there's 
Fgotta be somebody for me. Oh! CNobody wants to go in on their own, and 
Geveryone wants to know their not alone. Am/DSomebody else that feels the same 
somewhere, there's Fgotta be somebody for me out there. CNobody wants to be 
the last one there, cause Geveryone wants to feel like someone cares. 
Am/DSomebody else that feels the same somewhere. There's Fgotta be somebody for 
me out there.     G(Fades)

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Gotta Be Somebody

by Chad Kroeger

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Am/D

G 000 C 3rd x 0 0 Am/D xx0 0 F xx

|||||| ||||1| ||||1| ||||11

|2|||| ||2||| |||2|| |||2||

3||||3 |3|||| |||||| ||3|||

Intro:

C G Am/D

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

Verse 1:

C G Am/D

This time, I wonder what it feels like, to find the one in this life,

the one we all dream of, but dreams just aren't enough so I'll be

C G

waiting on the real thing. I'll know it by the feeling, the moment

Am F

when were meeting, we'll play out like a scene, straight off the silver

Am/D

screen. So I'll be holing my breath, right up to the end, til' it's that

F G

moment when, I find the one that I spend forever with.

Chorus:

C G

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there, and everyone wants to feel

Am/D

like someone cares, someone to love with my life in their hands there's

F C

gotta' be someone for me like that. Cause nobody wants to go in on their

G Am/D

own, and everyone wants to know their not alone. Somebody else that feels

the same somewhere, theirs gotta be somebody for me out there.

Verse 2:

C G

Tonight, out in the street out in the moonlight, and damn it this feels

Am/D F

too right, it's just like de' ja vu, me standin' here with you. So I'll

Am/D F

be holdin' my breath. Could this be the end? Is it that moment when, I

find the one that I spend forever with?

Repeat Chorus.

Interlude:

Am/D F Am/D

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,

F C

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. You can't give up (when you're looking

G Am/D

for) a diamond in the rough. (because you never know) when it shows up.

(make sure your holdin on) cause it could be the one, the one your waiting

on.

Chorus:

C G

Cause nobody wants to be the last one there, and everyone wants to feel

Am/D

like someone cares. Someone to love with my life in their hands, there's

F C

gotta be somebody for me. Oh! Nobody wants to go in on their own, and

G Am/D

everyone wants to know their not alone. Somebody else that feels the same

F C

somewhere, there's gotta be somebody for me out there. Nobody wants to be

the last one there, cause everyone wants to feel like someone cares.

Am/D F

Somebody else that feels the same somewhere. There's gotta be somebody for

me out there. (Fades)

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