BEING SOMEBODY ELSE - Del Amitri Tuning: DADGBe Capo on 2nd Intro: D-E-C- D-E-C-dd9 D-E-C- D-E-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: D-E-C- D-E-C-dd9 D-E-C- D-E-C-dd9 D-E-F-G- D-B-C-D/ 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 D/ E - E - E - lse Outro: D-E-C1 somebody, somebody 4x D-E-F-G- D-B-C-D/ D5 - Em11 - C 6x D// D5 00023x Em11 20003x C x3201x Cadd9 x3203x G/B x2000x E7 22013x F6 33323x G6 55545x B x2444x