To Be Someone chords by The Jam

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Intro 1

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

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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

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

Verse 4
C 
And there's  (C major) no more swimming
G 
in a gui (G major) tar shaped pool
C 
G 
 (C major) No more reporters at my  (G major) beck and call
C 
 (C major) No more cocaine,
G 
now it's  (G major) only ground chalk
C 
G 
 (C major) No more taxis, now we'll  (G major) 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 
 (G major) I realize I should have stuck to my guns
C 
G 
 (C major)  (G major) Instead shit out to be one
of the bastard sons
C 
Am 
And lose  (C major) myself  (A minor) 
D 
E 
I  (D major) know it was wrong, but it's  (E major) cost me a lot

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