Intro/Pre-chord: G5 C5 G5 A5 E5 When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for a dream F5 G5 C5 F5 At Barker Street Bus Station every night C5 G5 A5 E5 When I tried to get it on she just looked at me with scorn F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 My courage turned to fear and I took flight A5 F5 G5 C5 For those looks they seemed to say you ain?t nothin' go away A5 F5 G5 C5 You?re just some face in some crowd so I walked home and I vowed F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 I'm gonna be somebody someday C5 G5 A5 E5 Her name was Irene Wilde Oh such beauty for a child F5 G5 C5 F5 When she started dating boys I nearly died C5 G5 A5 E5 Well I could not barely stand seeing anyone hold her hand F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 I thought I'd have to crawl away and hide A5 F5 G5 C5 In my mother's Sunday room I?d compose so many tunes A5 F5 G5 C5 They was all the same just a frame for the name and just to say F5 C5 F5 C5 C5 bridge I'm gonna be somebody someday A5 F5 G5 C5 Wild was your name, I soon left that country town A5 F5 I?ve been around, I've seen some things, G5 C5 I?ve seen some ups, I've seen some downs A5 F5 G5 C5 Smile through your shock as you hear your name outloud A5 F5 I?s that face in the crowd G5 C5 I didn't dig it I'm much too proud C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 G5 A5 E5 When I was just sixteen I stood waiting for that dream F5 G5 C5 F5 At Barker street bus station non-affair C5 G5 A5 E5 At the time it seemed so sad but it didn't turn out bad F5 G5 C5 F5 C5 if she hadn't turned me down I'd still be there A5 F5 Well I think most folks agree G5 C5 A little put-down makes them see A5 F5 they aint the chain they're just a link G5 C5 and thats why she made me think F5 C5 F5 F5 C5 F5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 F5 C5 I'm gonna be somebody, be somebody, be somebody ? someday Fade to end
