I Wanna Be Around

Brenda Lee

RockAdvanced for beginners18 chords

How to play it

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

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Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: C7M/9 F7 C7M A7 Dm7 G7 
 
   C         C7M/9       C           Cdim 
I wanna be around to pick up the pieces 
      Dm7      Edim         Dm7    G7 
When somebody breaks your heart 
      Dm7     Edim     Dm7   G9 C   Cdim Dm7 G7 
When somebody twice as smart as I  
   BbM7    AM7       BbM7        A7 
A somebody who will swear to be true 
     Dm          A7      Dm    Dm7+ Dm7 Dm6 
LIke you used to do with me 
        D           D7          Dm          Dm7   G7 
Who'll leave you to learn that mis'ry loves company 
         G7/13- 
Wait and see 
   C         C9       C         Cdim     
I wanna be around to see how he does it 
     Dm7            Edim     Dm7   G7 
When he breaks your heart to bits 
Cdim  Dm7        Edim   Dm7  F  E7 Bm5-/7 Fdim E7 
Let's see if the puzzle fits so fine 
 Bm5-/7              A7           Bm5-/7     A7 
That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet 
   D9              D7             D9        D7 
As I sit there applauding from a front row seat 
       Dm                  Dm7 
When somebody breaks your heart 
     Dm5-/7  G7/13   C   Edim Dm7 G  G5+ 
Like  you   broke mine 
 
Interlude: C C9 C Cdim Dm7 Edim Dm7 G7 Dm7 Edim Dm7 G9 C Cdim Dm7 G7 
 
Bm5-/7               A7               Bm5-/7       A7 
That's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet 
     D9                 D7                      D9         D7 
As I sit there applauding from a front row seat 
                 Dm                        Dm7 
When somebody breaks your heart 
   Dm5-/7     G7/13-        C    Fdim G C7M 
Like you, like you broke mine

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Chord set

F7 · A7 · Dm7 · G7 · C · Cdim · Edim · G9 · Dm · D · D7 · C9 · F · E7 · Fdim · D9 · G · G5

Practice tip

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