Somebody Else Not Me tab by Duran Duran

Tabs

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 MajorD    x00232          G+G    355433
Dsus4Dsus4  x00233          G minorGm   355333
A augmentedA    002220          D MajorD    x00232
E minorEm   022000          DmDm   x00231
G+G    320033          G6G6   320030
Asus4Asus4  002230          Dm2/F  100230

   Verses and instrumental:
   |D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |A augmentedA    |E minorEm    |G+G  Asus4Asus4  |

   Chorus:
   |G+G  G minorGm |D MajorD (Dm*)| x3
   |G6G6   |Dm2/F  |
   *only during the final chorus

Opening:

|D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |A augmentedA    |E minorEm    |G+G  Asus4Asus4  |


Figure 1: play this over the opening and into the verse.
  D MajorD                 A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|-7-----7-------7-----7---7-------|-7-----7-------7-----7---7-------|
A augmentedA|-5-----5-------5-----5---5-------|-4-----4-------2-----0---0-------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------3-3h5-|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & =20

  E minorEm                G+G        Asus4Asus4
E MajorE|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------0-----------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------2-----------------------|-5-------5-------7---7-----------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|-5-------5-------7---7-----------|
E MajorE|-7-------------------------------|-3-------3-------5---5-----------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  & =20


Verse 1:

|D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |A augmentedA    |E minorEm    |G+G  Asus4Asus4  |

 Now while the beat...

            I guess you've ...=20

Figure 2: This is the main riff played during the verses.
  D MajorD                 A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-7-------8-------8---7-------5---|-----------------7---5---3---5---|
G+G|-7-------7-------7---7-------6---|-----------------7---6---4---4---|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

  E minorEm                G+G        Asus4Asus4
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------|
BB|-----------------7---5---3---5---|---------3-----------3-------3---|
G+G|-----------------7---6---4---4---|-----4-------4-------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Chorus:
          x3
|G+G  G minorGm  |D MajorD    ||G6G6   |Dm2/F  |

    When love...


Figure 3: This plays softly during the chorus, an octave higher than =
written.

  G+G    G minorGm    D MajorD       x3 G2        Dm2/F
E MajorE|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|----------------= -|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3= -|
G+G|-4---4---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|----------------= -|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--= -|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|


Verse 2:

And I could...


Chorus:

But it's not...


Break: Play the guitar solo over the verse chords.

  D MajorD                 A augmentedA
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|-7b--5---3---5-------7-------5---|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

  E minorEm                G+G        Asus4Asus4
E MajorE|---------------------------------|-----------------------------2---|
BB|-7b--5---3---5-------7------s5---|-3-----------------------3-------|
G+G|---------------------------------|------------s4---2---------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

  D MajorD                 A augmentedA
E MajorE|-5b--3---2---3-------2-------0---|-----------------12s-10------10s-|
BB|-7b--5---3---5-------3-------2---|-----------------12s-10------10s-|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

  E minorEm                 G+G        Asus4Asus4
E MajorE|-7---7s--5---5s--3---3-----------|-----------------12--10--7---10--|-1= 5-
BB|-8---8s--5---5s--3---3---5---5---|-----3-----------12--10--8---10--|-1= 5-
G+G|-------------------------4---4---|-2h4-----4---2-------------------|--= --
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
E MajorE|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|--= --
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &   = 1

                         Can you let go ...


Chorus: Slight change in the chords this time around.

             x3
|G+G   G minorGm   |D MajorD  DmDm  ||G6G6   |Dm2/F  |

    Cause that's love...


Figure 3: Also slightly different through this chorus.

  G+G    G minorGm    D MajorD    DmDm  x3 G2        Dm2/F
E MajorE|---3---3---3---3-|---2---2---1---1-|---0---0---0---0-|----------------= -|
BB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3---3---3= -|
G+G|-4---4---3---3---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|----------------= -|
D MajorD|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--= -|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|
E MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------= -|


Closing: Repeat verse chords until the end.

Somebody else not me ...


Comments: [email protected]