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To Love Somebody

Bee Gees

RockMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

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

A×
G
D××
Bm×
E
C×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              (Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb)
 
 
Intro:
 
    (acoustic guitar w/bass and strings):
 
    A   G    D A
    / / / /  / / . .
 
    A        A          A chords arpeggiated on harp
    / . . .  / . . .
 
Verse 1:
 
                A
    There's a light
    Bm
    A certain kind of light
    D                   A
    That never shone on me
    G                 A
    I want my life to be
                  E
    To live with you
                  D
    To live with you
 
    There's a way
    Everybody says
    To do each and every little thing
    But what does it bring
    If I ain't got you
    Ain't got... baby
 
     A                        E
    You don't know what it's like
           D                        A  N.C.
    Baby, you don't know what it's like
                 E
    To love somebody
                 D
    To love somebody
               A
    The way I love you
repeat intro
 
Verse 2:
 
    Mmm, in my brain
    I see your face again
    I know my frame of mind
    You ain't got to be so blind
    And I'm blind, so so so very blind
 
    I'm a man, can't you see what I am
    I live and I breathe for you
    But what good does it do
    If I ain't got you
    Ain't got... baby
 
repeat chorus
 
    E         (A)
    I... love you
 
repeat chorus
 
    E             (A) 
    No-no-no-no-no-no
 
repeat chorus; fade
 
 
Note: Barry Gibb plays in open D tuning (D A D F# A D, low to high).  Chord
formations used in this song:
 
 
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
          
 

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Chord set

A · G · D · Bm · E · C

Practice tip

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