Del Amitri – Being Somebody Else (Guitar)

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How are      you going to pa -        ss the     time of day 

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In your      beautiful        empty     shell 

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When you've      shaken the        hand of so ma -     ny sinceroes 

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You      feel like a fa -        ke your -       self 

Cadd9                                                              
       How do you choose between 

Cadd9                                                              
       you and me when

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     we both feed on 

E7                                                              
     being somebody 

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So you      suck on the ju -        ice of      youth and use 

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any      chemical yo -        u can     get 

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You get      deeper in de -        bt every     step you take 

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on your      ladder of li -        feless -       ness 

Cadd9                                                              
            Bye bye to the 

Cadd9                                                              
        boring times

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Hel -      lo to my friend, 

         E7                                                      
how you      been being somebody else? 

Cadd9                                                              
       somebody, somebody

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Now the      troops in you he -       ad won't o -     bey what you say 

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And the      mutiny see -       ms to     spread 

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    all you can hea -        r is a     voice in your ear 

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and it's      telling you tha -        t you're      dead 

Cadd9                                                              
       The sun sets in a 

Cadd9                                                              
       coffee cup, 

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the      moon throws up 

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The      flood flows over the 

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    house, 

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The     books start     jumping from the 

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    shelf 

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And the     clothes horse races it -      self 

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Now we're all so      busy being somebody 

D5 - Em11 - C                                                              
               somebody, somebody   4x 

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