Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know
Originally in Dm, I play in Am, which is really low
in the verse, so take all opportunities to take the
melody up rather than down.
Playing in the original key and dropping the chorus
an octave is also reasonable.
AmGx 8
Vox on the 5
AmNow and tGhen I think of
AmWhen we Gwere togeAmther GAmG
AmLike when you Gsaid you felt so
AmHappy yoGu could diAme GAmG
AmTold mysGelf that you were Amright for Gme
AmBut felt so Glonely in your AmcompanyG
AmBut that was Glove and it’s an
AmAche I stGill rememAmber GAmG
AmGx 8
AmYou can get adGdicted to a
AmCertain Gkind of sAmadness GAmG
AmLike resignGation to the Amend
GAlways the Amend GAmG
AmSo when we Gfound that we could Amnot make Gsense
AmWell you Gsaid that we would Amstill be frGiends
AmBut I’ll adGmit that I was
AmGlad that Git was oAmver GAmG
AmBut you Gdidn’t have to Fcut me Goff
AmMake out Glike it never Fhappened
And that Gwe were notAmhing
And GI don’t even Fneed your Glove
But you Amtreat me like a Gstranger
And that Ffeels so Grough
AmNo you dGidn’t have to stFoop so Glow
AmHave your frGiends collect your Frecords
And then Gchange your nAmumber
I gGuess that I don’t Fneed that Gthough
AmNow you’re just somebGody that I Fused to Gknow
AmGFG
AmNow you’re just somebGody that I Fused to Gknow
AmGFG
AmNow you’re just somebGody that I Fused to Gknow
AmGx 4
AmNow and Gthen I think of
AmAll the times you scrGewed me oAmver GAmG
AmBut had me belGieving it was
AmAlways something Gthat I’d dAmone GAmG
GAnd I don’t wanna live that way
GReading into every word you say
GYou said that you could let it go
GAnd I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know
AmBut you Gdidn’t have to Fcut me Goff
AmMake out Glike it never Fhappened
And that Gwe were noAmthing
And GI don’t even Fneed your Glove
But you Amtreat me like a Gstranger
And that Ffeels so Grough
AmNo you dGidn’t have to stFoop so Glow
AmHave your frGiends collect your Frecords
And then Gchange your nAmumber
I gGuess that I don’t Fneed that Gthough
AmNow you’re just somebGody that I Fused to Gknow
Fade on the last line with ad libs