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From: "Vandervelde, Robert"
Subject: d/duran_duran/somebody_else_not_me.tab
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:45:58 -0700
Somebody Else Not Me - Duran Duran
Transcribed by Robert Vandervelde
>From the Pop Trash CD.
The tab is not exact but it's close. The tab is my own work.
Chords:
Verse Chorus
D x00232 G 355433
Dsus4 x00233 Gm 355333
A 002220 D x00232
Em 022000 Dm x00231
G 320033 G6 320030
Asus4 002230 Dm2/F 100230
Verses and instrumental:
|D Dsus4 D |A |Em |G Asus4 |
Chorus:
|G Gm |D (Dm*)| x3
|G6 |Dm2/F |
*only during the final chorus
Opening:
|D Dsus4 D |A |Em |G Asus4 |
Figure 1: play this over the opening and into the verse.
D A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-7-----7-------7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-------7-----7---7-------|
A|-5-----5-------5-----5---5-------|-4-----4-------2-----0---0-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------3-3h5-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & =20
Em G Asus4
E|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------2-----------------------|-5-------5-------7---7-----------|
A|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------7---7-----------|
E|-7-------------------------------|-3-------3-------5---5-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & =20
Verse 1:
|D Dsus4 D |A |Em |G Asus4 |
Now while the beat...
I guess you've ...=20
Figure 2: This is the main riff played during the verses.
D A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-7-------8-------8---7-------5---|-----------------7---5---3---5---|
G|-7-------7-------7---7-------6---|-----------------7---6---4---4---|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Em G Asus4
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
B|-----------------7---5---3---5---|---------3-----------3-------3---|
G|-----------------7---6---4---4---|-----4-------4-------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Chorus:
x3
|G Gm |D ||G6 |Dm2/F |
When love...
Figure 3: This plays softly during the chorus, an octave higher than =
written.
G Gm D x3 G2 Dm2/F
E|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|----------------= -|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3= -|
G|-4---4---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|----------------= -|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--= -|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
Verse 2:
And I could...
Chorus:
But it's not...
Break: Play the guitar solo over the verse chords.
D A
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-7b--5---3---5-------7-------5---|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Em G Asus4
E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------2---|
B|-7b--5---3---5-------7------s5---|-3-----------------------3-------|
G|---------------------------------|------------s4---2---------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
D A
E|-5b--3---2---3-------2-------0---|-----------------12s-10------10s-|
B|-7b--5---3---5-------3-------2---|-----------------12s-10------10s-|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Em G Asus4
E|-7---7s--5---5s--3---3-----------|-----------------12--10--7---10--|-1= 5-
B|-8---8s--5---5s--3---3---5---5---|-----3-----------12--10--8---10--|-1= 5-
G|-------------------------4---4---|-2h4-----4---2-------------------|--= --
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & = 1
Can you let go ...
Chorus: Slight change in the chords this time around.
x3
|G Gm |D Dm ||G6 |Dm2/F |
Cause that's love...
Figure 3: Also slightly different through this chorus.
G Gm D Dm x3 G2 Dm2/F
E|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|----------------= -|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3= -|
G|-4---4---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|----------------= -|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--= -|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
Closing: Repeat verse chords until the end.
Somebody else not me ...
Comments: rob.vdv@shaw.ca