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
| Dbsus - |
Long ago, in | Someone else s life - time |
Ebmsus - | - - - |
Someone with my name, who | looked a lot like me... |
| Dbsus - |
Came to know, a | man and made a prom - ise, he |
Ebm9sus - | - - |
only had to say, and | that s where she would be... |
| - - |
Lately, al - though her feelings | run just as deep, the |
[ | |
promise she made has grown im-[ possible to | keep, and yet, I |
- - | Dbsus - |
wish it wasn t so... | Will he miss me if - I |
| |
go?... | ----------- |
SECOND VERSE
| Dbsus - |
In a way, it s | Someone else s sto - ry, |
Ebmsus - | - - - |
I don t see my - self as | taking part at all... |
| Dbsus - |
Yesterday, a | Girl that I was fond of, |
Ebmsus - | - - |
Finally, could see the | writing on the wall... |
| |
Sadly, she realized, she d | left him be - hind, and |
[ |
Sadder than that she knew he [ wouldn t even |
| - Dbsus/ - |
mind, and though, there s | nothing left to say... |
Dbsus - | |
Would he listen if I | stay? (It s) |
BRIDGE
| - |
All very well to say, you | fool, it s now or nev - er, |
| (4-3-2-1) [ (4-3-2-1) |
I could be choosing, | no choices whatsoever... [-------------|
FINAL VERSE (Key Change)
| - |
I could be in | Someone else s sto - ry, in |
- | - - - |
Someone else s life, and | he could be in mine... |
| - |
I don t see a | reason to be lone - ly, |
Emsus - | |
I should take my chan - ces | further down the line... |
| - - |
And if that Girl I knew, should | ask my ad - vice. Oh, |
[ |
I wouldn t hesitate, she [ needn t ask me |
| |
twice... Go now! I d | Tell her that for free. (The) |
- | |
Trouble is, the Girl is | me... The |
- | ||
Story is, the Girl is | me... ||
