Someone Else's Story
from CHESS
Music by Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Capo: N/A
These chords are taken directly from the Piano/Vocal score of CHESS.
Using a capo is probably your best bet, so just transpose down a half step for each
capo. (i.e. Capo: 6 = transpose 6 halfsteps down)
However, the modulation for the last verse up a half-step makes it relatively more
difficult no matter how you choose to capo it.
| = precedes 4/4 measure
[ = precedes 2/4 measure
INTRO: 2 Bars of Gb
FIRST VERSE
Gb | Cb Dbsus - Db |
Long ago, in | Someone else's life - time |
Gb Ebmsus - Ebm | Cb - Gb/Bb - Abm - Db |
Someone with my name, who | looked a lot like me... |
Gb Db | Cb Dbsus - Db |
Came to know, a | man and made a prom - ise, he |
Gb Ebm9sus - Ebm | Gb/Db - Ab7/C - Db |
only had to say, and | that's where she would be... |
Db/F Gb | Gb/Bb - Gb7/Bb - Cb |
Lately, al - though her feelings | run just as deep, the |
Ebm Ebm/Db [ Ab/C | Gb/Db |
promise she made has grown im-[ possible to | keep, and yet, I |
Cb/Eb - Db/F - Gb/Bb | Cb Dbsus - Db |
wish it wasn't so... | Will he miss me if - I |
Gb | Cb Db |
go?... | ----------- |
SECOND VERSE
Gb | Cb Dbsus - Db |
In a way, it's | Someone else's sto - ry, |
Gb Ebmsus - Ebm | Cb - Gb/Bb - Abm - Db |
I don't see my - self as | taking part at all... |
Gb Db | Cb Dbsus - Db |
Yesterday, a | Girl that I was fond of, |
Gb Ebmsus - Ebm | Gb/Db - Ab/C - Db |
Finally, could see the | writing on the wall... |
Db/F Gb | Gb/Bb Cb |
Sadly, she realized, she'd | left him be - hind, and |
Ebm Ebm/Db [ Ab/C |
Sadder than that she knew he [ wouldn't even |
Gb/Db | Cb/Eb - Dbsus/F - Gb/Bb |
mind, and though, there's | nothing left to say... |
Cb Dbsus - Db | Gb |
Would he listen if I | stay? (It's) |
BRIDGE
D Bm | Gb Cb - Gb/Bb |
All very well to say, you | fool, it's now or nev - er, |
Bbm F/A | Abm Db (4-3-2-1) [ D (4-3-2-1) |
I could be choosing, | no choices whatsoever... [-------------|
FINAL VERSE (Key Change)
G | C/E D7sus - D7 |
I could be in | Someone else's sto - ry, in |
G Em6 - Em | C - G/B - Am7 - D |
Someone else's life, and | he could be in mine... |
G | C Dsus - D |
I don't see a | reason to be lone - ly, |
G Emsus - Em | G/D D |
I should take my chan - ces | further down the line... |
D/F# G | F/A - G7 - C |
And if that Girl I knew, should | ask my ad - vice. Oh, |
Em Em/D [ A7/C# |
I wouldn't hesitate, she [ needn't ask me |
G | C/E Dsus/F# G/B |
twice... Go now! I'd | Tell her that for free. (The) |
C D7sus - D7 | G Em |
Trouble is, the Girl is | me... The |
C D7sus - D7 | G ||
Story is, the Girl is | me... ||
