Somebody To Love
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Somebody To Love:Bobby Darin.
#45 on BB Hot 100 on ATCO Records
in 1960.
Intro: Bb
#1.
F Bb F
I've been all over this country..been half-way round
Bb
the world.
Bb
I've been traveling so doggone much that I haven't got
F Bb
a steady girl.
Chorus:
Eb Bb
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love..
(Somebody to love.)
C F Bb
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love.
#2.
F Bb F Bb
Yes, I guess I've been lucky..I've had me fortune and fame.
Bb
But I would give up my roamin' ways just to change some
F Bb
girlie's name.
Chorus:
Eb Bb
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love..
(Somebody to love.)
C F Bb
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love.
Bridge:
Eb Bb
I've been hurtin'..(He's been hurtin')..such a long, long time..
(long, long time.)
Eb C
I've been searchin'..(He's been searchin')..where's that girl
F
of mine?
#3.
F Bb
Won't you hear me now, if there's somebody listenin'..won't you
F
hear my plea?
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
Won't you send me a good, good girl, to spend her life with me.
Chorus:
Eb Bb
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love..
(Somebody to love.)
C F Bb
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love.
Bridge:
Eb Bb
I've been hurtin'..(He's been hurtin')..such a long, long time..
(long, long time.)
Eb C
I've been searchin'..(He's been searchin')..where's that girl
F
of mine?
#4.
F Bb
Won't you hear me now, if there's somebody listenin'..won't you
F
hear my plea?
Bb Eb Bb F Bb
Won't you send me a good, good girl, to spend her life with me.
Chorus:
Eb Bb
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love..
(Somebody to love.)
C F Bb
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love.
OUTRO:
Eb Bb
Somebody to love..(Somebody to love)..somebody to love..
(Somebody to love.)
C F Bb
Somebody to call me turtledove..somebody to love..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play Somebody To Love
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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