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Somebody That I Used To Know
Gotye
Check out my blog article with tips on how to incorporate this song's xylophone and lead guitar parts into a solo guitar performance.
Want to see this chart in action? Here's Rob performing "Somebody That I Used To Know" with students.
Capo 5
Every chord gets two beats unless otherwise noted.
| Chord Guide | |||
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231 Am: x02210 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
134211
F: 133211 |
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D X U D U X U
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Intro: / Am - G - / x2 (solo guitar)
/ Am - G - / x8 (w/percussion and xylophone riff)
Am G Am G Am G Am G
Now and then I think of when we were together
Am G Am G Am G Am G
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Am G Am G Am G Am G
Told myself that you were right for me, But felt so lonely in your company
Am G Am G Am G Am G
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember
/ Am - G - / x8 (w/tremolo guitar riff)
Am G Am G Am G Am G
You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Am G Am G Am G Am G
Like resignation to the end, Always the end
Am G Am G
So when we found that we could not make sense,
Am G Am G
Well you said that we would still be friends
Am G Am G Am G Am G
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over
Chorus:
Am G F G
But you didn't have to cut me off
Am G F G
Make out like it never happened and that we were
Am G F G
nothing. And I don't even need your love
Am G F G
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
Am G F G
No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Am G F G
Have your friends collect your records and then change your
Am G F G
number. I guess that I don't need that though
Am G F G
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
/ Am - G - / x8 (w/xylophone riff)
/ Am - G - / x8 (w/tremolo guitar riff)
Am G Am G Am G Am G
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Am G F G Am G Am G
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
G (2)
But I don't wanna live that way
G (2)
Reading into every word you say
G (2)
You said that you could let it go
G (1) G (1 hold)
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
Chorus
Outro (w/xylophone and tremolo guitar riffs):
Am G F G
Somebody I used to know
Am G F G
Somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
Am G F G
Somebody I used to know
Am G F G
Somebody that I used to know
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know
(w/xylophone riff):
Am G F G
I used to know
Am G F G
that I used to know
Am G F G
I used to know
Am G F G
Somebody
End
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
