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I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love

Buddy Holly

RockEasy for beginners4 chords

How to play it

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

A×○○
D××○
A7×○○○
E○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              I'm Lookin' For Someone To Love:Buddy Holly 
(And The Crickets.)Recorded in 1957. 
Album - Buddy Holly Greatest Hits - released 
in 1966. 
 
#1. 
A                D 
Stayin' at home, waitin' for you, 
A                           A7        A 
just won't get it cause you say we're thru, and.. 
 
Chorus: 
    D 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
    A           D          A 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
         E                           D 
Well, if you're not here, my baby, I don't care, 
            A           D          A 
because I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
 
#2. 
A                  D 
Playin' the field, all day long, 
A                      A7    A 
since I found out that I was wronged, now.. 
 
Chorus: 
    D 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
    A           D          A 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
         E                           D 
Well, if you're not here, my baby, I don't care, 
            A           D          A 
because I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
 
#3. 
A              D 
Caught myself, thinkin' of you, 
    A          A7     A 
you can't love me and another one, too. 
 
Chorus: 
    D 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
    A           D          A 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
         E                           D 
Well, if you're not here, my baby, I don't care, 
            A           D          A 
because I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
 
#4. 
A          D 
Drunk man, street car, 
A             D         A 
foot slipped, there you are. 
 
Chorus: 
    D 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
    A           D          A 
I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
         E                           D 
Well, if you're not here, my baby, I don't care, 
            A           D          A 
because I'm lookin' for someone to love. 
 
OUTRO: 
    A           D          A 
I'm lookin' for someone to love.(x4) 
 
 
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Chord set

A · D · A7 · E

Practice tip

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