Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G
Mary heard boys talking in voices low
C majorC
Said she weren't no spring chicken like she didn't already know
G+G
So she called up Jack from a few years back
C majorC
She turned him down once in his one room shack
G+G
She said "Now baby, you don't look that bad"
Chorus:
FF G+G
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
FF G+G A minorAm
Everybody needs someone sometime
G+G C majorC
Verse 2:
G+G
Spivey Leaks was a drip of a man
C majorC
He looked like a potato shoved into jeans
G+G
He recollects it wasn't that long ago
C majorC
That he could walk by, make the young girls scream
G+G
But he thought he'd just let it all slide, let it all pass
C majorC
'Cause he thought love was best on the run
G+G C majorC
He said "Now baby, ooh, it don't seem that fun"
Chorus:
FF G+G
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
FF G+G A minorAm
Everybody needs someone sometime
Bridge:
D MajorD
Hey there honeybee
G+G
Will you give me... sugar?
D MajorD
And if you shake real cute
G+G
I might give you some...sugar
A minorAm
I was doin' alright on my own, Oh
C majorC D MajorD
Now I might just take you home, sugar
Verse 3:
G+G
Sister Mary used to be a nun
C majorC
She thought that she'd retire and have her some fun
G+G
Mr. Joe of the Philadelphia Joe's
C majorC
Well he worked in the post office all night
G+G C majorC
He said "Hey sweetheart, you know you look alright"
Chorus:
FF G+G
I said everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
FF G+G A minorAm
Everybody needs someone sometime
Two, three, four
FF G+G
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone, can't you see?
FF G+G A minorAm
Everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone sometime, oh yeah
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G A minorAm
I said everybody needs someone sometime
FF G+G
Everybody needs someone sometime
FF C majorC
Oh, I said everybody needs someone sometime