Brenda Lee – Anybody But Me (Guitar)

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#31 on Brunswick Records in 1961. INTRO: A..A D//A (x2) #1.
A                 A D//A   A              A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.

A              D  D G//D   D           A  A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.

B       E               A  A D//A
Lonely, lonely as I can be.
#2.
A                       A D//A   A
Well, I had a true love..........had the world in 

   A     A D//A
my hands.

            D    G//D    D              A      A D//A
Now I got a hurt.........I can't hardly stand.

                B         E           A    A D//A
A little bit of loving....would be so grand.
#3.
A                       A D//A   A                A D//A
I'm not the same old me..........that I used to be.

A              D    D G//D  D                A  A D//A
I wanna be somebody.........just anybody but me.

A                     B        E                  A  A D//A
I got the blues on my mind.....blues won't let me be.
(INTERLUDE:) A..A D//A (x2) D G//D..A D//A B E A D//A #4.
A                   A D//A   A                   A  A D//A
Now I wanna be free..........from what's holding me.

A               D    D G//D
Take away these tears.......take away these tears..

           A   A D//A
and let me see.

                 B     E             A  A D//A
Cause I wanna be back..like I use to be.
OUTRO:
A                        A D//A   A                   A D//A
I said, I wish I could be.........yeah, anybody but me.

A                 D  D G//D                         A  A D//A
Yeah, now I wanna be.........just, any old body but me.

            B           E               A  A D//A
Because I'm lonely......lonely as I can be.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.