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Somebody To Love
Jefferson Airplane
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00:00 Song Demo
00:43 Lesson Intro
01:16 Chords
04:04 Improve your strumming!!
04:25 Verse/Chorus Strumming Pattern
12:09 Lesson Outro

It's not WHAT you strum...

...But HOW you strum it!

Not sure what to strum for these songs?

How do you come up with strumming patterns?

Fed up strumming D DU UDU all the time?

You need to LEVEL UP YOUR STRUMMING!

[VERSE 1]

         Em             A7 D     Em A7sus

When the truth is found    to be lies

    Em     A7  D           Em

And all the joy   within you dies

 

[CHORUS] 

          G        D      Em    A7

Don't you want somebody to love, don't you

G        D      Em    A7

Need somebody to love, wouldn't you

G        D      Em    A7

Love somebody to love, you better

G        A7     |Em  |A7  |Em  |D   |Em A7sus |

Find somebody to love

 

 

[VERSE 2] 

         Em            A7 D    Em  A7sus  

When the garden flowers   baby are dead, yes and

Em              A7   D      Em       

Your mind, your mind   is so full of red

 

[CHORUS] 

          G        D      Em    A7

Don't you want somebody to love, don't you

G        D      Em    A7

Need somebody to love, wouldn't you

G        D      Em    A7

Love somebody to love, you better

G        A7     Em

Find somebody to love

 

[VERSE 3] 

    Em                         Em   A7sus2 (repeat till chorus)

Your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his

Yeah, but in your head, baby, I'm afraid

you don't know where it is

 

[CHORUS] 

          G        D      Em    A7

Don't you want somebody to love, don't you

G        D      Em    A7

Need somebody to love, wouldn't you

G        D      Em    A7

Love somebody to love, you better

G        A7     |Em  |A7  |A7  |G   |Em A7sus2 |

Find somebody to love

 

[VERSE 4] 

Em                A7 D                         Em A7sus2   

Tears are running    down, they're all running down your breast

   Em                 A7 D              Em      

And your friends, baby    they treat you like a guest

 

[CHORUS] 

          G        D      Em    A7

Don't you want somebody to love, don't you

G        D      Em    A7

Need somebody to love, wouldn't you

G        D      Em    A7

Love somebody to love, you better

G        A7     |Em  |A7  |A7 |A7  |           

Find somebody to looooooooooooooooooove

 

[GUITAR SOLO]

|Em  A7sus2  |Em   A7sus2 |Em   A7sus2  |Em   A7sus2  |

|Em  A7sus2  |Em   A7sus2 |Em   A7sus2  |Em   A7sus2  |

|Em  A7sus2  |Em   A7sus2 |G    D       |A7           |

|G   D       |A7          |G    D       |A7           |

|Em  A       |