Anybody But Me:Brenda Lee.
#31 on Brunswick Records in 1961.
***(CAPO 1st FRET)***
INTRO: A..A D//A (x2)
#1.
A A D//A A A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.
A D D G//D D A A D//A
I wish I could be..........anybody but me.
B E A A D//A
Lonely, lonely as I can be.
#2.
A A D//A A
Well, I had a true love..........had the world in
A A D//A
my hands.
D G//D D A A D//A
Now I got a hurt.........I can't hardly stand.
B E A A D//A
A little bit of loving....would be so grand.
#3.
A A D//A A A D//A
I'm not the same old me..........that I used to be.
A D D G//D D A A D//A
I wanna be somebody.........just anybody but me.
A B E A A D//A
I got the blues on my mind.....blues won't let me be.
(INTERLUDE:) A..A D//A (x2) D G//D..A D//A B E A D//A
#4.
A A D//A A A A D//A
Now I wanna be free..........from what's holding me.
A D D G//D
Take away these tears.......take away these tears..
A A D//A
and let me see.
B E A A D//A
Cause I wanna be back..like I use to be.
OUTRO:
A A D//A A A D//A
I said, I wish I could be.........yeah, anybody but me.
A D D G//D A A D//A
Yeah, now I wanna be.........just, any old body but me.
B E A A D//A
Because I'm lonely......lonely as I can be.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.