Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C# minorC#m
I woke this mornin' undecided
BB
My demons takin' over my life, yeah
F# minorF#m
Sooner or later it's a family divided
A augmentedA
These patterns gettin' hard to hide, yeah
Chorus:
C# minorC#m
They say I should be satisfied
BB
They tell me I got the world, but that's a lie
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
I wished the way I feel could be pacified, sometimes
C# minorC#m
I wish I was somebody
BB F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Anybody but myself
C# minorC#m
Oh, I wish I was somebody
BB F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Anybody but myself
Verse:
C# minorC#m
If I told you I'm 'bout to break would you look at me different?
BB
Character out of place, would I lose your attention?
F# minorF#m
Let me know your intentions, cause lately I been watchin' everybody
A augmentedA
It's apparent that transparency never seen monotony
C# minorC#m
Got off of tour, lookin' for closure
BB
Mixin' emotion of bein' grateful and feelin' like some of y'all gettin' over
F# minorF#m
What's a puppet on stage, singin' and dancin' ablaze?
A augmentedA
But trading his worth, distorted by the money that's made
C# minorC#m
A augmentedA slave with a verse, I feel like Prince Rogers
BB
I feel liberation is free, I feel I should miss the Oscars
F# minorF#m
Are you celebrating me as the artist or just a profit?
A augmentedA
A majorA question I have for the ones around me that's turnin' toxic
C# minorC#m
My lungs been heavy from all the smokescreen boobytraps
BB F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Reminiscin' on what it was, and knowin' that this ain't that
C# minorC#m
I vision a rock in a hard place
BB
Hope my daughter isn't born with a piece of my heartbreak
F# minorF#m
You know stress carries on and your kids reap the mistakes that you made
A augmentedA
And I admit that I can be dismissive if I can't relate
C# minorC#m
And I admit that I only commit to start playin' games
BB
And I admit that I'm bad at talkin' myself out of shame
F# minorF#m
But who's to blame when the crowds stop cheerin' and they passin' dirty looks?
A augmentedA
I now understand that I'll never be understood
Bridge:
C# minorC#m BB
Isolation didn't work for me (Work for me)
F# minorF#m
Socializing didn't work for me
A augmentedA
Prayed about it, didn't work for me (Work for me)
C# minorC#m BB
You can't cure this disease
F# minorF#m
The pain too traumatic for relief
A augmentedA
Pull up the curtains, let the audience see
Chorus:
C# minorC#m BB
I wish I was somebody (Somebody else, oh, somebody else, oh)
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Anybody but myself (Somebody else, oh)
C# minorC#m BB
Oh, I wish I was somebody
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Anybody but myself