Anybody But Me:Brenda Lee.
#31 on Brunswick Records in 1961.

***(CAPO 1st FRET)***

INTRO: A..A D//A (x2)

#1.
A                 A D//A   A              A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.
A              D  D G//D   D           A  A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.
B       E               A  A D//A
Lonely, lonely as I can be.

#2.
A                       A D//A   A
Well, I had a true love..........had the world in 
   A     A D//A
my hands.
            D    G//D    D              A      A D//A
Now I got a hurt.........I can't hardly stand.
                B         E           A    A D//A
A little bit of loving....would be so grand.

#3.
A                       A D//A   A                A D//A
I'm not the same old me..........that I used to be.
A              D    D G//D  D                A  A D//A
I wanna be somebody.........just anybody but me.
A                     B        E                  A  A D//A
I got the blues on my mind.....blues won't let me be.

(INTERLUDE:) A..A D//A (x2) D G//D..A D//A  B  E  A D//A

#4.
A                   A D//A   A                   A  A D//A
Now I wanna be free..........from what's holding me.
A               D    D G//D
Take away these tears.......take away these tears..
           A   A D//A
and let me see.
                 B     E             A  A D//A
Cause I wanna be back..like I use to be.

OUTRO:
A                        A D//A   A                   A D//A
I said, I wish I could be.........yeah, anybody but me.
A                 D  D G//D                         A  A D//A
Yeah, now I wanna be.........just, any old body but me.
            B           E               A  A D//A
Because I'm lonely......lonely as I can be.


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.