Someone You Should Know
**updated 1/16/04**
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This song is really fun to play. Thanks to Tea for the opening riff :)
For a simple chord version, scroll down below.
Capo 3rd fret
A 002220
E 022100
Bm 024432
D xx0232
F#m 244222
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|-----7----7------7----7-----7---7-----9-----|
|---0-----------5--------------------7-------|
|--------------------------7-----------------| (2x)
Who do you think you are?
You’re talking so loud, you bury the sound of your heart that’s singing out
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|---6------6------7------9-----|
|---7------7------7------9-----|
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|-----------------7------------| (2x)
And where do you want to be?
On the top of your world, where you’re just a girl who forgot what it’s like to dream
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|---7------------------------5------------------|
You leave everything behind
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But you’re so tired one day you might open up your eyes and find
[Chorus]:
E Bm
What you’ve got isn’t what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
A Bm
What you’ve got, what you’ve always wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
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|-----7----7------7----7-----7---7-----9-----|
|---0-----------5--------------------7-------|
|--------------------------7-----------------| (2x)
Someone you should know
But you tried to hide between the lines of a story never told
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|---7------7------7------9-----|
|---0------5------x------7-----|
|-----------------7------------| (2x)
I’ve seen you run away
You’re afraid of the fall, the weight of it all it’s too much
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|---7---------------------------6------------|
|---7---------------------------7------------|
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|---7---------------------------5------------|
But you might change your mind
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|--------7--------------------------9---------|
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|--------7--------------------------0---------|
If you’d stand up one day you might open up your eyes to find
[Chorus]
F#m
Someone you should know
A D A E
La da da da, la da da da... la da da da da da da
F#m A Bm E
...La da da da, la da da da
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|-------6-----------6----------7---------9---|
|-----7----7------7----7-----7---7-----9-----|
|---0-----------5--------------------7-------|
|--------------------------7-----------------| (2x)
How do you keep it up?
It’s all just a front, a dangerous stunt, you’re gonna come down soon enough.
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|---7---------------6--------|
|---7---------------7--------|
|---x---------------7--------|
|---7---------------5--------|
Open up your eyes
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|---0----------------------------------0---------|
|---7----------------------------------9---------|
|---7----------------------------------9---------|
|---x----------------------------------7---------|
|---7----------------------------------0---------|
Don’t be scared, you might find you had it all the time
E Bm
What you’ve got is what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
D A D A
What you tried so hard to hide, it was there between the lines
Bm E
Of a story never told about someone you should know
A Bm
...It’s what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
A Bm
What you’ve got is what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be someone you should know
A Bm D A E (2x)
(la da da da)
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|-------6-----------6----------7---------9-------6-------6-----7----|
|-----7----7------7----7-----7---7-----9-------7---7---7---6---7----|
|---0-----------5--------------------7-------0-------5---------x----|
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(this ending taken from a live performance to avoid having to fade out)
Transcribed by Jocelyn Pierpont (jociep@hotmail.com)
https://www.angelfire.com/co3/trinity/lisa.html
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Simple Chord Version
Chords:
A 002220
D9 000230
Bm 024432
E 022100
D 000232
F#m 244222
A D9 Bm E
Who do you think you are?
A D9
You’re talking so loud, you bury the sound of your
Bm E
heart that’s singing out
A D9 Bm E
And where do you want to be?
A D9
On the top of your world, where you’re just a girl
Bm E
who forgot what it’s like to dream
Bm A
You leave everything behind
Bm E
But you’re so tired one day you might open up your eyes and find
A Bm
What you’ve got isn’t what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
A Bm
What you’ve got, what you’ve always wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
A D9 Bm E
Someone you should know
A D9 Bm E
But you tried to hide between the lines of a story never told
A D9 Bm E
I’ve seen you run away
A D9 Bm E
You’re afraid of the fall, the weight of it all it’s too much
Bm E
But you might change your mind
Bm E
If you’d stand up one day you might open up your eyes to find
[Chorus]
F#m
Someone you should know.
A D A E
La da da da, la da da da... la da da da da da da
F#m A Bm E
La da da da, la da da da
A D9 Bm E
How do you keep it up?
A D9
It’s all just a front, a dangerous stunt,
Bm E
you’re gonna come down soon enough.
Bm A
Open up your eyes
Bm E
Don’t be scared, you might find you had it all the time
A Bm
What you’ve got is what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be
D A D A
What you tried so hard to hide, it was there between the lines
Bm E A
Of a story never told about someone you should know
Bm D A E
It’s what you wanted, what you need just happens to be
A Bm
What you’ve got is what you wanted
D A E
What you need just happens to be someone you should know
(Ad lib “la da”s to fade out)
Transcribed by Jocelyn Pierpont (jociep@hotmail.com)
https://www.angelfire.com/co3/trinity/lisa.html