BEING SOMEBODY ELSE     -       Del Amitri

Tuning: DADGBe

Capo on 2nd 


Intro:
D5 - Em11 - C - 
D5 - Em11 - Cadd9 -
D5 - Em11 - C - 
D5 - Em11 - Cadd9 

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


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


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


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


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


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