Chords
Being Somebody Else

Key: D

Introduction:

                   D5                                         Em7(11)                   C 
How are           you going to pa -               ss the         time of day
                   D5                         Em7(11)                 C 
In your           beautiful               empty         shell
                           D5                           Em7(11)                                     C 
When you've           shaken the               hand of so ma -         ny sinceroes
           D5                                       Em7(11)                         G/B 
You           feel like a fa -               ke your -             self
 C9 
              How do you choose between
 C9 
              you and me when
 E7 
          we both feed on
 E7 
          being somebody
 D5               Em7(11)             C             D5             Em7(11)           C9 
          E -               E -         E -           E -               lse
                   D5                                   Em7(11)                     C 
So you           suck on the ju -               ice of           youth and use
           D5                                 Em7(11)                 C 
any           chemical yo -               u can         get
                   D5                                   Em7(11)                       C 
You get           deeper in de -               bt every         step you take
                     D5                                 Em7(11)                     G/B 
on your           ladder of li -               feless -             ness
 C9 
                        Bye bye to the
 C9 
                boring times
               E7 
Hel -           lo to my friend,
                   E7 
how you           been being somebody else?
 D5               Em7(11)             C             D5             Em7(11) 
          E -               E -         E -           E -               lse
 C9 
              somebody, somebody

                   D5                                           Em7(11)                           C 
Now the           troops in you he -             ad won't o -         bey what you say
                   D5                             Em7(11)                 C 
And the           mutiny see -             ms to         spread
 D5                                         Em7(11)                   C 
        all you can hea -               r is a         voice in your ear
                     D5                                         Em7(11)                     G/B 
and it's           telling you tha -               t you're           dead
 C9 
              The sun sets in a
 C9 
              coffee cup,
           E7 
the           moon throws up
           E7 
The           flood flows over the
 G 
        house,
           G 
The         books start         jumping from the
 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
 D5-  Em11-  C 
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