Chords for Janis Ian - Some People's Lives
Tempo:
122.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
C
Am
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C]
[Gm]
[D#]
[Am]
[Cm] [G] Some people's [Cm] [Gm] lives run down like clocks
[Am] One day they stop, [C] that's all [G] they've got
Some [G] lives wear out like [Gm] old tennis shoes
can use, [A] it's sad but it's [G] true
[Gm]
[D#]
[Am]
[Cm] [G] Some people's [Cm] [Gm] lives run down like clocks
[Am] One day they stop, [C] that's all [G] they've got
Some [G] lives wear out like [Gm] old tennis shoes
can use, [A] it's sad but it's [G] true
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F
C
Am
Gm
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] [G] Some _ people's [Cm] _ [Gm] lives _ _ run down like clocks _
_ _ [Am] One day they stop, _ _ _ _ [C] that's all [G] they've got
_ _ _ [C]
Some [G] _ lives wear out _ like [Gm] _ _ _ old tennis _ shoes
_ _ [Am] No one can _ use, _ _ [A] it's sad but it's [G] true _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Didn't anybody [C]
[G] tell them?
_ [F] _ Didn't anybody [G] see?
_ _ _ [F] _ _
Didn't anybody _ [G] love them _
_ [Dm] like you _ love [G] _
me?
_ _ [Dm] Some _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] people's [Gm] eyes _ _ fade _ like their _ dreams
_ [Am] Too tired _ _ to rise, _ _ [G] too tired _ to sleep _
_ [Cm] And some [G] _ people [C]
laugh [E] _ _ [Gm] when they need to [Am] cry
_ _ And _ _ _ _ [G] they never _ know why
_ [A] _ [G] _
[F] _ Didn't anybody [G] tell them?
_ [F] That's not how it has [C] to [G] be
_ _ [F] _ Didn't anybody _ [A] [G] love them _ [Dm] like you _ [G] love me? _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] Some people [E]
ask _ if [Am] the tears [E] have to [Am] fall
[D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Then why take _ your chances? _
_ [G] Why _ [C] bother _ at [G] all? _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] And some [G] _ _ [Cm] people's [Gm] lives _ _ are as cold as their [Am] lips _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They just [G] need [C] to be [G] kissed _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Doesn't anybody _
[G] tell them?
_ [F] _ Doesn't anybody [G] see?
_ _ _ [F] _
_ Doesn't anybody [G] love them [Dm] _ _ [Em] like you _ love _ [Am] me?
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Cause that's _ _ all they [C]
need _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] [G] Some _ people's [Cm] _ [Gm] lives _ _ run down like clocks _
_ _ [Am] One day they stop, _ _ _ _ [C] that's all [G] they've got
_ _ _ [C]
Some [G] _ lives wear out _ like [Gm] _ _ _ old tennis _ shoes
_ _ [Am] No one can _ use, _ _ [A] it's sad but it's [G] true _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Didn't anybody [C]
[G] tell them?
_ [F] _ Didn't anybody [G] see?
_ _ _ [F] _ _
Didn't anybody _ [G] love them _
_ [Dm] like you _ love [G] _
me?
_ _ [Dm] Some _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] people's [Gm] eyes _ _ fade _ like their _ dreams
_ [Am] Too tired _ _ to rise, _ _ [G] too tired _ to sleep _
_ [Cm] And some [G] _ people [C]
laugh [E] _ _ [Gm] when they need to [Am] cry
_ _ And _ _ _ _ [G] they never _ know why
_ [A] _ [G] _
[F] _ Didn't anybody [G] tell them?
_ [F] That's not how it has [C] to [G] be
_ _ [F] _ Didn't anybody _ [A] [G] love them _ [Dm] like you _ [G] love me? _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] Some people [E]
ask _ if [Am] the tears [E] have to [Am] fall
[D] _ _ [Am] _ [D] Then why take _ your chances? _
_ [G] Why _ [C] bother _ at [G] all? _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] And some [G] _ _ [Cm] people's [Gm] lives _ _ are as cold as their [Am] lips _ _ _ _
_ _ _ They just [G] need [C] to be [G] kissed _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ Doesn't anybody _
[G] tell them?
_ [F] _ Doesn't anybody [G] see?
_ _ _ [F] _
_ Doesn't anybody [G] love them [Dm] _ _ [Em] like you _ love _ [Am] me?
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Cause that's _ _ all they [C]
need _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _