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Song title:      Somebody To Love
Original Album:	 A Day At The Races
Other Album:     Greatest Hits

Words and Music by Freddie Mercury
Copyright © 1976 Queen Music Ltd.
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The song is in Ab - a great key but not that convenient for the guitar, so capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. 
Timing is as indicated in each section. Harmony backing vocals are between ( ).



INTRO:
Chords:
G     320033
D/F#  2x023x
Em7   022030


4/4
Acoustic Grand Piano:
  G                                 G      D/F#     Em7     Cadd9             Cadd9                                         C5      G/B
|-3-------------------------------|-3---------------0-------0____---|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3____---|---------5-------5__________________---------------------------3---|
|-4-------------------------------|-0-------2-------0-------0____---|---------5-------5__________________-------------------5---5---0---|
|-5-------------------------------|-0-------0-------2-------2____---|---------5-------5__________________-------------------5---5---0---|
|-5-------------------------------|-2---------------2-------3____---|---------5-------5__________________-------------------3---3---2---|
|---------------------------------|-3-------2-------0---------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
| G                               | G       D/F#    Em7     Cadd9   |         Cadd9                   |                     C5      G/B
          Can                       an   -  y   -   bo   -  dy___             find    me_________________                   somebo -dy




                                  6/8
Acoustic Grand Piano:
  D7                                N.C.
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------10--|
|-5-------------------------------|-------------12--12------|
|-4-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |
| D7              N.C.
  to              love?




NOTES:
Chords:
G     320033    D    x5777x
D/F#  2x023x    G/D  xx0003
Em7   022030    D7   xx0212
C     x3555x


[play: 6/8| G D/F# | Em7 | C | D G/D D7 |]



6/8
Acoustic Grand Piano:
  G           D             Em7     G       Em7
|-----10----------10------|-7-------10------7-------|
|-8-----------10----------|-8-------8-------8-------|
|-7-----------11----------|-7---9---7-------7-------|
|-9-----------12----------|-9-------9-------9-------|
|-10------10--9-----------|-7-----------7-------7---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

                                    Oo,____________



Acoustic Grand Piano:
  C                         D       G/D     D7
|---------8---------------|-------------------------|
|---------8---------------|-10------12------13------|
|-9-------9-------9-------|-11------12------11------|
|-10--------------10------|-12------12------12------|
|-10--------------10------|-------------------------|
|-8---8-------8-------8---|-----11------11------11--|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

                                                Each


VERSE1:
Chords:
G     320033    D     x5777x
D/F#  2x023x    G/D   xx0003
Em7   022030    D7    xx0212
C     x3555x


6/8
   | G         D/F#    | Em7
Each morning I get up, I die a little, 
                              

  | G      A         | D
Can barely stand on my feet
                           (take a look)

     C | G     D/F#       | Em7
Take a   look_______ in the mirror and cry
                    (in the mirror)       (and cry)

| A7                       | D
  Lord, what you're doing to me

     | G            A7        | D
I have spent all my years in be-lieving you
                            (be-lieving you)

     | D        | A7/C#   | D7    C
 But I just can't get no re-lief, Lord!
           (can't get no re-lief  Lord!)



CHORUS1:
Chords:
G      320033    D11  x5x553
D/F#   2x023x    G/D  xx0003
Em7    022030    D7   xx0212
Cadd9  x32030


6/8

| G                       | G
  Somebody,       oo,       somebody,
          (somebody),               (somebody)

  | G   D/F# | Em7  Cadd9 | D11         | G
Can any-body   find me____    somebody to love?
   (any-body   find me____)



[play: 6/8| Gmaj7/F# | Em7 | C | D |]
                                  I work...



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
G     320033    A  x02220    A7    x02020
D/F#  2x023x    D  xx0232    A7/C# x4202x
Em7   022030    C  x32010    D7    xx0212
  
  
6/8
     | G            D/F#  | Em7
I work hard         ev'ry   day of my life,
      (He works hard)

| G           A      | D
I work 'til I ache my  bones.

     | G    D/F#           | Em7 
At the end
     (at the end of the day)

               | A7                | D   
I take home   my hard-earned pay all on my own
           (goes home)              (goes home on his own)

   | G          A7        | D
I go down on my knees and I start to pray
        (Down,       knees,      praise the Lord.)

        |          A7         | D7    C |
'til the tears run down from my eyes, Lord
        (Oo,       oo,          oo,   Lord)



CHORUS2:
Notes:
Play as for CHORUS1.

Chords:
G      320033    D11       x5x553    G/D  xx0003
D/F#   2x023x    Gmaj7/F#  2x0003    D7   xx0212
Em7    022030    C         x3555x
Cadd9  x32030    D         x5777x

6/8
| G                     |
  Somebody,         oo,   somebody
       (somebody) (please, 


  | G   D/F# Em7  Cadd9 | D11         | G
Can any-body find me        somebody to love__?
    any-body find me)



[play: 6/8| Gmaj7/F# | Em7 | C | D G/D D7 |]



BRIDGE:
Chords:
C5  x355xx    A5  577xxx
C   x3555x    A   x02220
F5  133xxx    D   xx0232
Fm  x33111

6/8
| C5                   |           C    | C5                      |
                Ever'y   day         I've tried, I've tried. I've   tried
 (He works hard              every day    tried, I've tried, I've   tried)

     | F5              |   
But ev'rybody wants to   put me down
   (Oo,___________________ )


         | Fm               | F5 F#m |
They say     I'm goin' cra - zy._____
          (Oo,_______________________)


| A5          A           |             A           |
  They say I  got a lot of water in my brain, Ah,___
            
| A                              | %                 | D
    I got no common sense, I got   no -body left to be-lieve 
                    
| D
  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah._______


[Guitar SOLO over VERSE chords:]


6/8
  G           D/F#          Em7                       G           A
                                    ~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------10--------------|
|-------------10b---------|-10p8----------------8---|-10b---------10b-----r-8-|
|-------------------------|---------9-------7-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |



  D                         G           D/F#          Em7
                                                            ~~~~~~~~~
|-------------------------|-----0-------0-----------|-----------------------------|
|-10------------------8---|-10b-----10b-----10b________-rp8-----------10b__rp8----|
|-----7---------7/9-------|-------------------------|-------9________-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1  -  2 - 3 - 4 - 5  -  6 - |



  A7                        D                         G           D/F#
  ~~~~~~~~                  ~~~~~~~~
                                   rake->
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-11------11b-------------|---------15b-----15--13--|-12-13-13br-12-14-18-15br-14-|
|-----------------10b-----|-7-----x-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1  -  2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6  -  |



  D                                          A7/C#         D7          C
              ~~~~~~~                                                |-3-|
|------14-15-17___---0---------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-15-7-------------------------|----------10-9-8-7-------|-------------------------|
|------------------------8-10--|-9br7-9p7---------9br8---|-7-7-9-----9p8p7---------|
|----------------------8-------|-----------------------9-|-------9---------5-7-5h7-|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| 1  - 2  -  3 - 4 - 5 - 6  -  | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

                                                           Oo,         Lord,_____oo,
                                (Oo,________________________           Lord.)


CHORUS3:
Chorus:
G     320033    D11       x5x553    D    x5777x
D/F#  2x023x    Gmaj7/F#  2x0033    G/D  xx0033
Em7   022030    D7        xx0212
Cadd9 x32030    C         x3555x

6/8
| G              |     D/F#
    Somebody, oo,  any-body 

| Em7  Cadd9 | D11      | G      | Gmaj7/F#  | Em7  | C     | D   G/D D7 | 
  find me_______   some - body to  love?                          Got no
                                   (an-y - bod-y  find me someone to)



VERSE3:
Chords:
G     320033    D  xx0232
D/F#  2x023x    A7 x02020
Em    022000    C  x32010
A     x02220

| G    D/F#          | Em7         | %                  | D
  feel      I got no   rhythm, I'll  just keep losing my  beat
 (Love.)


| D                   C | G    D/F#      | Em7          |
  beat.           I'm     O.K. I'm alright      I ain't
 (You just keep losing and losing)        (He's alright, he's alright)

| A7            | D
  Gonna face no   defeat. I just

| G         A7         | D
  gotta get out of this  prison cell,

    | D       A7/C#    | D7    C
 some-day I'm gonna be   free, Lord!



CHORUS4:

N.C.
|              |             |
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
  Oh,_______________________
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
  Oo,_______________________
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
                      Find me,
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
  Find me, find_____
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
 (Find me some - body to love)

|              |             |
       Oo,_______________ find
 (Find me some - body to love)


|                   |              |
  me, find me some  - body to love
____________________ (find me some-


|                |             |
                     Oo,_______
(-body, to love,   find me some-)


|               |                    |
_____________________________________

(-body, to love,  somebody, somebody,)


|                    |                    |
_____________________

 (somebody, somebody,  somebody, find me)


|                        |                  |
                                         Can
(somebody, find me, some - body to love)


6/8
| G    D/F# | Em7  Cadd9 | D11        | N.C.    | % |
  an-y-body   find me_________   some - body to...



OUT-CHORUS:
Chords:
G         320033    C   x3555x
Gmaj7/F#  2x0003    D5  x577xx
Em7       022030


[play:]


6/8
  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |
  love
                           (Find        me)



  Em7                       C           D5
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

 (somebod-y                 to)



  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |
          Oo,____________________________________
 (love.)



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

___                             find_______________



  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

___       me  some-bod-y,   some-bod-y, some - bod-



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

 -y,          some-bod-y    to love._____



  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

      Find me,    find      me, find me, find 



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  me, find___________ me,       Oo,_________________



  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

___       some-body   to    love.__________________



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

___                                 Oo,____________


  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

_____________________________



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

      find me, find me      find me some-bod-y



  G                         Gmaj7/F#
|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|
|-3---------------3-------|-----3-----------3-------|
|-4-------4-----------4---|---------4-----------4---|
|-5---5-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----------------------|-2-----------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  to love._________   Any-  bod-y, an-y-where, an-y-



  Em7                       C           D
|-------------3-----------|-------------------------|
|---------0-------3---0---|-5-----------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-5---5-------7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-5-------5---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|-3-----------5---5---5---|
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|

| 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - | 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - |

  body find me somebody         Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
                   to love