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Somebody That I Used to Know

Gotye
Chords & TabKeyDmCapoFret 5beginner129 BPM
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Chords in this song3

capo 5 — sounds 5 semitones higher

Intro

Am G Am G x5

Verse 1

Now and then I think of when we were together   
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die   
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company 
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember   

Instrumental

        
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-5---------------|---------8-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|---------4-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------7---------|---------------7-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-5---------------|---------8-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-----7---|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 2

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness   
Like resignation to the end
Always the end   
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over   

Chorus

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
    
Now you're just somebody that I used to know
    
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Interlude

Am G Am G x4

Verse 3

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over   
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done   
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
G N.C.
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know...

Chorus

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Outro

Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody (Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
Somebody (I used to know)
Somebody (Now you're just somebody that I used to know)
I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody...  

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