Someone Else's Story
from CHESS
Music by Bj?rn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: N/A
These chords are taken directly from the Piano/Vocal score of CHESS.
Using a capo is probably your best bet, so just transpose down a half step for each
capo. (i.e. Capo: 6 = transpose 6 halfsteps down)
However, the modulation for the last verse up a half-step makes it relatively more
difficult no matter how you choose to capo it.
| = precedes 4/4 measure
[ = precedes 2/4 measure
INTRO: 2 Bars of Gb
FIRST VERSE
Gb (244322@1) | Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db (x43121@1) |
Long ago, in | Someone else's life - time |
Gb (244322@1) Ebmsus - Ebm| (xx4342@1) Cb (x2444x@1)- Gb/Bb - Abm (133111@4)- Db (x43121@1)|
Someone with my name, who | looked a lot like me... |
Gb (244322@1) Db (x43121@1) | Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db (x43121@1) |
Came to know, a | man and made a prom - ise, he |
Gb (244322@1) Ebm9sus - Ebm (xx4342@1)| Gb/Db - Ab7/C - Db (x43121@1) |
only had to say, and | that's where she would be... |
Db/F Gb (244322@1) | Gb/Bb - Gb7/Bb - Cb (x2444x@1) |
Lately, al - though her feelings | run just as deep, the |
Ebm (xx4342@1) Ebm/Db [ Ab/C | Gb/Db |
promise she made has grown im-[ possible to | keep, and yet, I |
Cb/Eb - Db/F - Gb/Bb | Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db| (x43121@1) wish it wasn't so... | Will he miss me if - I |
Gb (244322@1) | Cb (x2444x@1) Db (x43121@1) |
go?... | ----------- |
SECOND VERSE
Gb (244322@1) | Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db (x43121@1)|
In away, (x02210@1) it's | Someone else's sto - ry, |
Gb (244322@1) Ebmsus - Ebm| (xx4342@1) Cb (x2444x@1)- Gb/Bb - Abm (133111@4)- Db (x43121@1)|
I don't see my - self as | taking part at all... |
Gb (244322@1) Db (x43121@1)| Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db (x43121@1)|
Yesterday, a| (x02210@1)Girl that I was fond of, |
Gb (244322@1) Ebmsus - Ebm (xx4342@1)| Gb/Db - Ab/C - Db (x43121@1) |
Finally, could see the | writing on the wall... |
Db/F Gb (244322@1) | Gb/Bb Cb (x2444x@1) |
Sadly, she realized, she'd | left him be - hind, and |
Ebm (xx4342@1) Ebm/Db [ Ab/C |
Sadder than that she knew he [ wouldn't even |
Gb/Db | Cb/Eb - Dbsus/F - Gb/Bb |
mind, and though, there's | nothing left to say... |
Cb (x2444x@1) Dbsus - Db (x43121@1) | Gb (244322@1) |
Would he listen if I | stay? (It's) |
BRIDGE
D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) | Gb (244322@1) Cb (x2444x@1)- Gb/Bb |
All very well to say, you | fool, it's now or nev - er, |
Bbm (x13321@1) F/A (x03211@1) | Abm (133111@4) Db(4-3-2-1) (x43121@1) [ D(4-3-2-1) (xx0232@1)|
I could be choosing, | no choices whatsoever... [-------------|
FINAL VERSE (Key Change)
G (320003@1) | C/E (x3111x@5) D7sus- (xx0213@1)D7 (xx0212@1) |
I could be in | Someone else's sto - ry, in |
G (320003@1) Em6 (022020@1)- Em (022000@1) | C (x32010@1) - G/B (143121@7) - Am7 (x02010@1)- D (xx0232@1)|
Someone else's life, and | he could be in mine... |
G (320003@1) | C (x32010@1) Dsus- (xx0233@1)D (xx0232@1) |
I don't see a| (x02210@1)reason to be lone - ly, |
G (320003@1) Emsus - Em (022000@1) | G/D (4x3121@7) D (xx0232@1) |
I should take my chan - ces | further down the line... |
D/F# (200232@1) G (320003@1) | F/A (x03211@1)- G7 (320001@1) - C (x32010@1) |
And if that Girl I knew, should | ask my ad - vice. Oh, |
Em (022000@1) Em/D (010000@1) [ A7/C# (042020@1) |
I wouldn't hesitate, she [ needn't ask me |
G (320003@1) | C/E (x3111x@5) Dsus/F# G/B (143121@7) |
twice... Go now! I'd | Tell her that for free. (The) |
C (x32010@1) D7sus (xx0213@1)- D7 (xx0212@1)| G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) |
Trouble is, the Girl is | me... The |
C (x32010@1) D7sus (xx0213@1)- D7 (xx0212@1)| G (320003@1) ||
Story is, the Girl is | me... ||
