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Could've Been Anyone

Aimee Mann

RockMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Dsus2Diagram coming soon
G○○○
D××○
Bm×
A×○○
F#Diagram coming soon
Em○○○○
Em7○○○○○
Csus2Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Dsus2 4x 
 
        G           D              Bm          G           Dsus2 
It's so hard not to blame you it's hard not to put all the blame on you 
'Cause you knew from the start there was one little part you would not  
 
let through 
Bm   A              
I'm sure there were even  
Moments when you thought 
          G              G/F#         Em  G/F# G Bm Em7 
You might someday finish what you'd begun 
but that could've been anyone 
 
                 Dsus2 Csus2 G 
Could've been anyone              2x 
          Dsus2 Csus2  G          G/F# Em G/F# G Bm Em7 
I lost my place in the sun well, never mind 
                  Dsus2 
It could've been anyone. 
      G           D             Bm            G           Dsus2 
So we all make mistakes it just figures you'd make me the biggest one 
I was saving it up now it's spent and I don't know what I spent it on 
Bm    A                
Now I find if you  
Try hard enough 
        G                 G/F#             Em G/F# G Bm Em7 
You can wear it down 'til it's just about gone 
                       Dsus2 Csus2 G 
'Til you could've been anyone 
              Dsus2  Csus2 G 
Could've been anyone              2x 
          Dsus2 Csus2  G          G/F#   Em G/F# G Bm Em7 
I lost my place in the sun well, never mind 
                 Dsus2 
It could've been anyone 
 
A    D          G              D         A 
Your pattern is different from what it implies 
    D            G        Bm    A 
The words may be true but I realize 
A  D      Csus2         G              
It isn't description so much as disguise 
 
G  D  Bm  G  Dsus2  2x 
 
Bm    A     
Don't worry, you can  
Learn to live without 
             G           G/F#          Em G/F# G Bm Em7 
You've got a lifetime of that to draw upon       and anyway 
 
D Dsus2 G G3    
Mm-mm 
It could've been anyone 
 
              Dsus2 Em7    G         
You lost your place in the sun 
lost your place in the sun 
                  Dsus2 Em7    G   
Oh, you lost your place in the sun  
D/F#  Em7  D/F# G 
Well, never mind 
           Never mind 
It could've been anyone 
Lost your place in the sun 
           Never mind 4x 
You lost your place in the sun 
(I think that's enough now)

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Chord set

Dsus2 · G · D · Bm · A · F# · Em · Em7 · Csus2

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.