Someone Elses Skin
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
E2 B2
E F#/E F#/G# G#m
D#m E D#m E
A/C# Em(maj7)/G
F#7 A Em(maj7)
F#7sus
[Verse 1]
E2
There's no phone booth
B
There's no cape
E
There's no Steve McQueen
G#m
To help me make my great escape
D#m E9
How can I fly
D#m E9
Like a hero in the sky?
A/C# Em6/G
Be a shooting star out in
F#sus F#
The stratosphere
F# E2
Where's "The Shadow"?
B
He might know
E E2b5
Where's that searchlight in the sky
E G#sus
To point the way to go?
G#m D#m E
Through some new cloud
D#m E
To disappear into the crowd
A/C#
Through the future's dark
Em6/G F#sus
There's one thing crystal clear
F#7sus F#
That there's no home here
B5 vamping?
C5 Bb5/C C5
So many voices telling me to choose
Bb5/C C5
It's like a game where either team I lose
Bb5/C C
This kinda noise just makes me wanna shout
Bb5/C C5 Bb5/C C5
I'd like to buy a one-way ticket out
F Eb/F
Rules of the road say don't look back
F Eb/F
Eyes straight ahead, don't jump the track
F C Bb/C C
Try a new game and pray that I can win
Bb C Gm/Bb F Fm/Ab Eb
'Cause I just don't feel at home in mine
D7(b9)
So I'll slip now
G7#9
Into someone else's skin
[Instrumental]
C Gm11 F
C Gm11
C Gm11 F/Bb
I see the maps from every book I've read
C Gm11
The worlds that I have lived inside my head
C Gm11 F/Bb
I thought a love like theirs could never die
C Gm11 C
If it can fade away then so can I
F Cm11 Bb/Eb
Yeah, first you see me, then you don't
F
Don't look for me
Cm11 F C Gm7
You know I won't even be there
F/Bb C Eb/G
So let the games begin
Bbmaj9 C Gm/Bb F Fm/Ab Eb
'Cause I just don't feel at home in mine
D7b9
So I'll slip now
G7#9 C Gm11
Into someone else's skin
(F/Bb) C Gm11
Into someone else’s skin, yeah
F/Bb F/C C
I’m gonna run down the street
F/C
Run out of town
C F/C C
I'm gonna run from the home team
F/C C
And never touch down
G/D
Run from the books
D G/D
'Cause it's all been a fake
D G/D D
I'm gonna run from the choices
G/D D
That I don't wanna make
Eb C7/E
School's not out but I can't wait
F D7/F# Gsus
It's the perfect time to graduate today
G7#5#9 C Gm11
I'm gonna run away now
F/Bb C Gm11 F/C
I've got to run a way, oh yeah
C Gm11
I know they'll see the truth
F/Bb
When I move on
C
They'll need each other
Gm11
Much more once I'm gone
C
And when I'm flush
Gm11 F/Bb
And he's back on his feet
C Gm11
I'll pick him up and ride down easy street
F Cm11 Bb/Eb
No time to cry for all the years
F Cm11
A rusty gas tank full of tears
F C Gm7
Gets you nowhere
F/Bb C Eb/C Bbmaj9 C
Not the places I want in
Gm/Bb F Fm/Ab Eb
And I just don't feel home in mine
D7b9
So I'll slip now
G7#9 C
Into someone else's skin
Gm11 F/Bb C
Into someone else's skin
Gm11 F/Bb C
Into someone else's skin
Gm11 F/Bb C
Into someone else's skin
Gm11 F/Bb Bb9 F/Bb C
Into someone els-e’s skin
How to play Someone Elses Skin
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.