Elvis Presley – I Need Somebody To Lean On (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman From: “I Got Lucky” (1963) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
  Cmaj7           Dm7              Cmaj7           Dm7            [ Cmaj7 ]
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +   

A|--------------------------5-----/7-10----------------------6-7---|
E|--------------------5--/8---8---|---------------------5--8-------|8
C|------------------7-------------|------------------7-------------|
g|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

CHORDS (alphabetically)
       g-C-E-A           g-C-E-A
Bb7    1-2-1-1    Eb     0-3-3-1
C7     0-0-0-1    Fm     1-0-1-3
Cmaj7  0-0-0-2    Fm6    1-2-1-3
D7     2-0-2-0    Fmaj7  2-4-1-0
D9     2-4-2-3    G7     0-2-1-2
Dm7    2-2-1-3    Gm7    0-2-1-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | Cmaj7 Dm7 | % | [Verse]
Cmaj7 Dm7
  I   need somebody

Cmaj7     Dm7
  To lean on

Cmaj7 Dm7           Cmaj7
  I   need somebody to

   Gm7              C7
To tell my troubles to

Fmaj7
  No use denying

Fm
  I'm close to cryin'

D7
  But what good

        G7
Tell me what good would my crying do
[Verse]
Cmaj7 Dm7
  I   need somebody

Cmaj7     Dm7
  To help me

Cmaj7 Dm7
      Help me forget all

Cmaj7          Gm7    C7
  Those worries on my mind

Fmaj7
  And when I'm lonely

Fm
  If someone would only

D7        Fm |  C            C7  |
  Want to be sweet and kind
[Middle 8]
F   Gm7
  I need somebody

F            Gm7
  Won't that somebody

F                 Gm7
  Please, please, listen

F
To my plea

Cmaj7       Dm7
  Need that somebody

Cmaj7        Dm7
  Won't that somebody

Eb              |  G7  |
 Come running to me
[Verse]
Cmaj7 Dm7
  I   need somebody

Cmaj7       Dm7
  To lean on

Cmaj7  Dm7
   I'm tired of being

Cmaj7   C7
 Unhappy and so blue

Fmaj7
 If she came I would hold her

Fm
  'cause I need that shoulder
[Outro]
Cmaj7      C7      A7
 To lean on, yes I really do

D9
  I need somebody

Fm6                 Bb7    [ Cmaj7 ]
 And maybe that somebody is you

| Cmaj7 Dm7 | % |
(repeat and fade)