To Love Somebody - Bee Gees

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                           "To Love Somebody"
                       (Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb)

Note: Barry Gibb plays in open D tuning (D-A-D-F#-A-D, low to high). For players who would like to emulate
Barry's way of playing, the chord formations used in this song:

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[Intro] (w/ harp arranged for guitar)

             
e|------------
B|------------
G|---6-------6
D|---7-------7
A|-------7----
E|---5--------

             
-------|------
-------|---3--
-------|---4--
-------|------
---7---|------
-------|---3--

              
-------------|
-----3-------|
-----4-------|
-5-------5---|
-------------|
-------------|

          
--------------
--7--------5--
--7--------6--
--------------
--5-----------
-----------5--

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

    
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----------6
D|--------7---
A|-----7------
E|--5---------

-----5--9--12-
--5-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-9--5---------
-------5------
----------6---
-------------7
--------------
--------------

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
--7--------|
-----5-----|

    
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----------6
D|--------7---
A|-----7------
E|--5---------

-----5--9--12-
--5-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-9--5---------
-------5------
----------6---
-------------7
--------------
--------------

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
--7--------|
-----5-----|


[Intro]
        (acoustic guitar w/bass and strings)
            
        / / / 

    
/  / / . .
        A        A          [A chords arpeggiated on harp]
        / . . .  / . . .

[Verse 1]
              
        There'

      
s a light
        
        A cert

ain kind of li

ght
             
        That n

              
ever shone on 


me
             
        I want

            
 my life to be
              
        To liv

        
e with you
              
        To liv

        
e with you

              
        There'

      
s a way
        
        Everyb

ody says
             
        To do 

              
each and every


 little thing
             
        But wh

            
at does it bri

ng
              
        If I a

        
in't got you
              
        Ain't 

        
got... baby

[Chorus]
             
        You do

              
n't know what 

      
it's like
              
        Baby, 

             
you don't know

             
 what it's lik

  
e
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        The wa

     
y I love you

[Instrumental](w/ harp arranged for guitar)

             
e|------------
B|------------
G|---6-------6
D|---7-------7
A|-------7----
E|---5--------

             
-------|------
-------|---3--
-------|---4--
-------|------
---7---|------
-------|---3--

              
-------------|
-----3-------|
-----4-------|
-5-------5---|
-------------|
-------------|

          
--------------
--7--------5--
--7--------6--
--------------
--5-----------
-----------5--

-|
-|
-|
-|
-|
-|

    
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----------6
D|--------7---
A|-----7------
E|--5---------

-----5--9--12-
--5-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-9--5---------
-------5------
----------6---
-------------7
--------------
--------------

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
--7--------|
-----5-----|

    
e|------------
B|------------
G|-----------6
D|--------7---
A|-----7------
E|--5---------

-----5--9--12-
--5-----------
--------------
--------------
--------------
--------------

-9--5---------
-------5------
----------6---
-------------7
--------------
--------------

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
--7--------|
-----5-----|

[Instrumental]

        (acoustic guitar w/bass and strings):
            
        / / / 

    
/  / / . .
        A        A          [A chords arpeggiated on harp]
        / . . .  / . . .

[Verse 2]
              
        Mmm, i

      
n my brain
        
        I see 

your face agai

n
             
        I know

              
 my frame of m


ind
             
        You ai

              
n't got to be 

  
so blind
              
        And I'

             
m blind, so so

              
 so very blind


              
        I'm a 

             
man, can't you

  
 see what I am
             
        I live

              
 and I breathe

 
 for you
             
        But wh

           
at good does i

t do
              
        If I a

         
in't got you
              
        Ain't 

 
got... baby

[Chorus]
             
        You do

              
n't know what 

      
it's like
              
        Baby, 

            
you don't know

             
 what it's lik

  
e
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        The wa

     
y I love you
             
        I... l

    (
ove you

[Chorus]
             
        You do

              
n't know what 

      
it's like
              
        Baby, 

             
you don't know

             
 what it's lik

  
e
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        The wa

     
y I love you
             
        No-no-

        (
no-no-no-no

[Outro]
             
        You do

              
n't know what 

      
it's like
              
        Baby, 

             
you don't know

             
 what it's lik

  
e
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        To lov

       
e somebody
              
        The wa

     
y I love you