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Song title:       Someone I Care About
Original Album:	  The Modern Lovers

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 1976 Beserkley Records
Published by Modern Lovers Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Guitar Figure 1 is played throughout the song (INTRO and VERSEs) with maybe
tiny variations. I've counted beats which looks complex on the page, but if
you listen to the record, you can nail it. It's only 4/4. It could be worse.
You could get by just playing E and A in the verses.


INTRO:

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]

Guitar Figure 1

   A5                                           E               A5
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--7-------7---5---7-------7---5-|--7-------------------5---6---7--|
|--7-------7---5---7-------7---5-|--7-------5---7-------5---5---7--|
|--5-------5---5---5-------5---5-|--5-------5---5---------------5--|

|  1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE:
Chords:
A x02220
E 022100

        A                 E       A
Well, I don't want just a girl to fool around with
        A                 E       A
Well, I don't want just a girl to ball, alright
       A         E           A
What I want is a girl that I care about
A                    E   A
Or I want nothing at all.
A
Nothing at all, alright...


VERSE:
[Guitar Figure 1]
Well, I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't
And act like she's great when she makes me feel appalled
All I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want nothing at all.
Nothing at all


VERSE:
[Guitar Figure 1]
Well, I don't want some cocaine sniffing triumph in the bar
Well, I don't want a triumph in the car
I don't want to make a rich girl crawl
What I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want no one at all

Alright, listen to this now...


[play Guitar Figure 1 a few times until you get bored]


BRIDGE:
        A                         A            A
Picture this: I'm walking with my   girlfriend
                                           A                   A
Twenty-eight misguided souls combined say,   "We're moving in"
A                                A
  There's a certain kind of girl   that you care about so much
                                                              E
You say, "I don't care what you guys do to me, but her, don't touch"


VERSE:
[Guitar Figure 1]
'Cause I don't want just a girl to fool around with
I don't want just a girl to ball
What I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want nothing at all
Oh, all right


VERSE:
Chords:
A x02220
E 022100
G 320003

[Guitar Figure 1]
Well, I don't want just a girl to fool around with, no
I don't want just a girl to ball, no
What I want is a girl that I care about
Or I want nothing at all.
                     A  E  G  A
All right, gentlemen...