• Song:

    Somebody Like You

  • Artist:

    Keith Urban

  • Album:

    Somebody Like You

The other versions of this song are slightly off, this is exactly how Keith plays it acoustic.

He improvises all his live acoustic performances 'cause he's just a stud like that, so he
may not do the riff everywhere that it occurs in the studio version, but for this tab I will
be putting the riff as it aligns with the studio version. When I play the song I pick the
intro two times, then strum two times, then go into the verse. When I play the riff amongst
the verses I always strum it.

After "shining down on me and you" in the chorus, Keith plays the E shape of the B and A
chords (basically the barre chord without the barre) and finishes the run back at E.

Note each run of the riff lasts two measures (4 beats per).

Intro (picking):

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Intro (strumming):
Play while strumming the three highest strings
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EThere's (022100@1)a new wind blowing like I've never known
I'm breathing deeper than I've ever done
       Asus2 (x02200@1)                                      EAnd (022100@1)it sure feels good to finally feel the way I do
        B (x2444x@1)            Asus2I (x02200@1)wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.

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EAnd (022100@1)I'm letting go of all my lonely yesterdays
I've forgiven myself for the mistakes I've made
           Asus2Now (x02200@1)theres just one thing, the only thing I wanna do

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        B (x2444x@1)            Asus2I (x02200@1)wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.

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                      Asus2 (x02200@1)                           E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A EYeah (022100@1)I wanna feel the sunshine shining down on me and you
                       Asus2When (x02200@1)you put your arms around me
                                       C#m (x13321@4)         Asus2/F#
You let me know theres nothing in this world I can't do

EI (022100@1)used to run in circles going no where fast
I'd take one step forward end up two steps back
           Asus2I (x02200@1)couldn't walk a straight line even if I wanted to

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B (x2444x@1)            Asus2I (x02200@1)wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.

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                     EWhoa (022100@1)here we go now

Yeah
                         Asus2 (x02200@1)    EHey (022100@1)i wanna love you baby

B  Asus2  E

Asus2 (x02200@1)                           E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A EYeah (022100@1)I wanna feel the sunshine shining down on me and you
                       Asus2When (x02200@1)you put your arms around me
                                       C#m (x13321@4)         Asus2/F#(hold)
You let me know theres nothing in this world I can't do

ESometimes (022100@1)it's hard for me to understand
But you're teaching me to be a better man
               Asus2 (x02200@1)                                        E (022100@1)   
I don't want to take this life for granted like I used to do
        B (x2444x@1)            Asus2 (x02200@1)               EI (022100@1)wanna love somebody, love somebody like you.
             B (x2444x@1)            Asus2 (x02200@1)               EI'm (022100@1)ready to love somebody, love somebody like you
            B (x2444x@1)            Asus2(hold) (x02200@1)And I wanna love somebody, love somebody like you

(Strum this differently than the normal riff)
Play 4x:
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