{title: Be somebody}
{artist: 3 Doors Down}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 70}
{key: Am}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Am] the sha-[F]---[C]- des gone [G]up, [Am]mothers [F]staring [C]down [G]
[Am] she [F]don't know [C]where he's [G]been or [Am]how long [F]he's been [C]out [G]
she said "[F]boy I'm tired of [Amsus2]waiting up while [F]your out with your [C]friends" [G]
he said "[F]mom I'm trying and I'm [Amsus2]living my life the [Em]best way that I [G]can"
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Am] cause I'm trying to [G]be somebody, [FM7]I'm not trying to be somebody [Am]else
[Am] this life is [G]mine I'm living, [C]don't you know me? I [FM7]won't ever let you [Am]down
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Am] the day-[F]---[C]- has [G]come the [Am]son is [F]moving [C]on [G]
[Am] she [F]don't know [C]where he'll [G]go or [Am]when he's [F]coming [C]home [G]
she said "[F]son take care, don't [Amsus2]let your dreams get [F]too far out of [C]sight" [G]
he said "I [F]love you now, don't [Amsus2]worry about me, [Em]you know I'll be [G]fine"
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 1}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
[Am] [G]no, [FM7] I'm not trying to be somebody [Am]else,
[Am]don't you know me? I [G]wont ever let you, [C] I [FM7]wont ever let you
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Bridge}
[C] what they [Am]say, [C] what they [G/B]know
[C] what they [Am]think [F]won't ever bring [G]me [Am]down
[C] [Am] this life [C] [G/B] is mine [C] [Am] and [F]I am [G]my [Am]own
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[Am] I'm trying to [F]be somebody, [C]I'm not trying to [G]be somebody [Am]else
[Am] this life is [F]mine I lead, [C]don't you know [G]me?
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Am] cause I'm trying to [G]be somebody, [FM7]I'm not trying to be somebody [Am]else
[Am] this life is [G]mine I'm living, [C]don't you know me? I [FM7]won't ever let you [Am]down
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[Am] [G]no, [FM7] I'm not trying to be somebody [Am]e---[G]---lse
[C]don't you know me? I [FM7]wont ever let you down [C] [Am] [C] [G/B]
[C] [Am] I wont [F]be nobody else
[C] [Am] this life [C] [G/B] is mine [C] [Am] and [F]I am [G]my own
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