Chord/Tab song: Being Somebody Else

BEING SOMEBODY ELSE - Del Amitri

Tuning: DADGBe

Capo on 2nd

Intro:
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [C] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [Cadd9] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [C] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [Cadd9]
How are [D5] you going to pa - [Em11] ss the [C] time of day
In your [D5] beautiful [Em11] empty [C] shell [C]
When you've [D5] shaken the [Em11] hand of so ma - [C] ny sinceroes
You [D5] feel like a fa - [Em11] ke your - [G/B] self [(C)]

Chorus:
[Cadd9] How do you choose between
[Cadd9] you and me when
[E7] we both feed on
[E7] being somebody
[D5] E - [Em11] E - [C] E - [D5] E - [Em11] lse [Cadd9]

So you [D5] suck on the ju - [Em11] ice of [C] youth and use
any [D5] chemical yo - [Em11] u can [C] get [C]
You get [D5] deeper in de - [Em11] bt every [C] step you take
on your [D5] ladder of li - [Em11] feless - [G/B] ness [(C)]

Chorus:
[Cadd9] Bye bye to the
[Cadd9] boring times
Hel - [E7] lo to my friend,
how you [E7] been being somebody else?
[D5] E - [Em11] E - [C] E - [D5] E - [Em11] lse
[Cadd9] somebody, somebody

Break:
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [C] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [Cadd9] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [C] [-]
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [Cadd9] [-]
[D5] [-] [E7] [-] [F6] [-] [G6] [-]
[D5] [-] [B] [-] [C] [-] [D5] [/]


e|-------/-------/-------/-------|
B|-------/-------/------3/-------|
G|-------/----1-2/----5--/----1-2| 2x
D|----0h4/--0----/--5----/--0----|
A|--0----/-------/3------/-------|
D|0------/2------/-------/x------|


Now the [D5] troops in you he - [Em11] ad won't o - [C] bey what you say
And the [D5] mutiny see - [Em11] ms to [C] spread [C]
[D5] all you can hea - [Em11] r is a [C] voice in your ear
and it's [D5] telling you tha - [Em11] t you're [G/B] dead[(C)]

Chorus:
[Cadd9] The sun sets in a
[Cadd9] coffee cup,
the [E7] moon throws up
The [E7] flood flows over the
[G] house,
The [G] books start [G] jumping from the
[F] shelf [F]
And the [F] clothes horse races it - [E7] self
Now we're all so [E7] busy being somebody
[D5] [/] E - E - E - lse

Outro:
[D5] [-] [Em11] [-] [C] somebody, somebody 4x

[D5] [-] [E7] [-] [F6] [-] [G6] [-]
[D5] [-] [B] [-] [C] [-] [D5] [/]
D5 - Em11 - C 6x
[D5] [//]


D5 00023x
Em11 20003x
C x3201x
Cadd9 x3203x
G/B x2000x
E7 22013x
F6 33323x
G6 55545x
B x2444x