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Somebody To Love

Bobby Darin

RockAdvanced for beginners4 chords

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

BbDiagram coming soon
F
EbDiagram coming soon
C×○○

Chords & lyrics

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              Somebody To Love:Bobby Darin. 
#45 on BB Hot 100 on ATCO Records 
in 1960. 
 
Intro: Bb 
 
#1. 
F         Bb                                   F  
I've been all over this country..been half-way round  
    Bb 
the world. 
Bb 
I've been traveling so doggone much that I haven't got  
  F      Bb 
a steady girl. 
 
Chorus: 
            Eb                                    Bb 
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love.. 
 
(Somebody to love.) 
            C             F                 Bb 
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love. 
 
#2. 
F      Bb                                 F           Bb 
Yes, I guess I've been lucky..I've had me fortune and fame. 
Bb 
But I would give up my roamin' ways just to change some  
F        Bb 
girlie's name. 
 
Chorus: 
            Eb                                    Bb 
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love.. 
 
(Somebody to love.) 
            C             F                 Bb 
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love. 
 
Bridge: 
Eb                                             Bb 
I've been hurtin'..(He's been hurtin')..such a long, long time.. 
(long, long time.) 
Eb                                          C 
I've been searchin'..(He's been searchin')..where's that girl  
   F 
of mine? 
 
#3. 
F                      Bb 
Won't you hear me now, if there's somebody listenin'..won't you  
        F 
hear my plea? 
Bb                  Eb                  Bb        F         Bb 
Won't you send me a good, good girl, to spend her life with me. 
 
Chorus: 
            Eb                                    Bb 
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love.. 
 
(Somebody to love.) 
            C             F                 Bb 
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love. 
 
Bridge: 
Eb                                             Bb 
I've been hurtin'..(He's been hurtin')..such a long, long time.. 
(long, long time.) 
Eb                                          C 
I've been searchin'..(He's been searchin')..where's that girl  
   F 
of mine? 
 
#4. 
F                      Bb 
Won't you hear me now, if there's somebody listenin'..won't you  
        F 
hear my plea? 
Bb                  Eb                  Bb        F         Bb 
Won't you send me a good, good girl, to spend her life with me. 
 
Chorus: 
            Eb                                    Bb 
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love.. 
 
(Somebody to love.) 
            C             F                 Bb 
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love. 
 
OUTRO: 
            Eb                                    Bb 
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love.. 
 
(Somebody to love.) 
            C             F                 Bb 
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love..(Fade.) 
 
 
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Bb · F · Eb · C

Practice tip

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