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To Love Somebody (ver. 2)

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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              Intro:  
   
    A   G    D A  
      
  
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  
  
                A  
    There's a way  
    Bm  
Everybody says  
    D                   A  
       To do each and every little thing  
    G                 A  
        But what does it bring  
                  E  
If I ain't got you  
                  D  
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 A   G    D A  
  
Verse 2:  
  
                A  
Mmm, in my brain  
    Bm  
       I see your face again  
    D                   A  
       I know my frame of mind  
    G                 A  
       You ain't got to be so blind  
                  E                D  
       And I'm blind, so so so very blind  
  
           A                     Bm  
       I'm a man, can't you see what I am  
    D            A  
       I live and I breathe for you  
    G                 A  
       But what good does it do  
                  E  
       If I ain't got you  
                  D  
       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  
  
    E         (A)  
    I... love you  
  
        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  
  
    E             (A)   
    No-no-no-no-no-no  
  
      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  
fade  
 A   G    D A 
 
 
          
 

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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.