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------------------------------------------------------------------------------SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW - Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: Jimmy Lynch
Email: jimmy.lynch@live.com.au
Tuning: Standard
Song: Somebody That I Used to Know
Artist: Gotye (feat. Kimbra)
Submitted by Jimmy Lynch
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Chorus Rhythm (1:33)

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Post Chorus Fill (2:18)

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capo 5 version
Am, G, F
Intro: Am, G, Am, G x5
Verse:
Am
G
Am G
Am
G Am G
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
Am, G, Am, G x4
Verse 2:
Am, G, Am, G, Am,G, Am, G
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:
Am
G
F
G
But you didn't have to cut me off
Am
G
F

Make out like it never happened

G
Am
And that we were nothing
G
F
G
And I don't even need your love
Am
G
But you treat me like a stranger
F
G
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
Verse 3:
Am
G
Am
G
Am G Am G
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
Am
G
F
G
Am
G Am G
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
F
Am
G
And I don't wanna live that way
F
Am
G
Reading into every word you say
F
Am
G
You said that you could let it go
F
Am
G
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
Am G
F G
I used to know
Am
G
F
G
That I used to know x2
Am
G
F
Somebody...

Ends on Am

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