To Be Someone (Didn't We Have A Nice Time) chords by The Jam, The Jam

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
To be someone
C 
must be a wonderful thing
G 
A famous footballer a rock singer
C 
Am 
Or a big film star
D 
yes, I think I would like that
G 

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Verse 2

To be rich and have lots of fans

Have lots of girls to prove

that I'm a man

And be number one

And liked by everyone

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
G 
Getting drugged up with my
trendy friends
They really dig me and I dig them
C 
Am 
And the bread I spend
D 
Em 
is like my fame, it's quickly diminished

Verse 4
C 
And there's no more swimming
G 
in a guitar shaped pool
C 
G 
No more reporters at my beck and call
C 
No more cocaine,
G 
now it's only ground chalk
C 
G 
No more taxis, now we'll have to walk

Verse 5

But didn't we have a nice time?

didn't we have a nice time?

Oh wasn't it such a fine time?

Verse 6
G 
I realize I should have stuck to my guns
C 
G 
Instead shit out to be one
of the bastard sons
C 
Am 
And lose myself
D 
E 
I know it was wrong, but it's cost me a lot

Verse 7
C 
And there's no more drinking
G 
when the club shuts down
C 
I'm out on me arse with
G 
Em 
the rest of the clowns
C 
It's really frightening
G 
without a bodyguard
C 
G 
So I stay confined to my lonely room