Gonna Be Somebody

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

8  8    8    -8   8   8
Bob-by played his gui-tar 

6   6   -6  -6  7   7   -8
On the hard-er side of town

  6    6    8    8  8  8    8
Where it's hard for a poor boy

7   7    -7 -6  6
To find the mo-ney

6   8  8  -8 8   -8
He had de-di-ca-tion

6  -6  -6    7    7   -8
He had the heart and soul

 -6   7   8   -8 -8   7   -6  6
Some-how knew he was born to play


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Peo-ple said get a real job 

 6   8    -8   7 -6 -8
Sup-port your fam-i-ly

   6      8    8 -8 8   -8
‘Cause there's  no  fu-ture 

-8  7   7    -7  -6 6   6
In the road your  ta-  kin'

6  8   8   8  -8  8
He ne-ver said a word

 6    -6  -6  7   7    -8
The dream-er just kept on

 -6  7  8 -8  -8   -8    7   -7  7 -6 6
Late at night you could hear him  say

7   6
He said
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Chorus:
 8   9  9  -10 9  -8  7  -8
I'm gon-na   be  some-bo-dy

 8  8    9   -10
One of these days 

 9   8  -8   7    -8   -8 8 -8
I'm gon-na break these  chains

 8   9  9  -10 9  -8  7  -8   -8  -8
I'm gon-na   be  some-bo-dy, some-day

-6’ -6’ -6   7    7     8
You can bet your hard earned 

 8’ -8  7  7
Dol-lar I will
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 6   8    8 -8   8   -8
The road was a strug-gle 

6   6    6  -6    7   7  -6  -8
It took him ten years to the top

 6   8   8    8   8  -8
But now he's num-ber one 

-8 -8    8    7   7  -6 6  6
On the stage and the ra-di-o

  8   8   9    8   -10
Still he can’t be-lieve 

 9   8   7   -8   -6    7  -6  -8
How peo-ple come from miles a-round 

 -5  -5  -6    7   8 -8 -8 7   -7   7
When it seems like  on- ly yes-ter-day

 7   6    6    6
When he would say
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Chorus
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 8  9    9     9   -8   8’
Bob-by played his home-town

 8   8’   7   7   -6   -8
One full moon Au-gust night

 6   6    8   8  -8
When he heard a voice 

-8  7    8    7  -6   6
In the front row sin-gin’

8   9  8  9  9    9    9   8  -10
It was a san-dy-haired ri-ver boy 

 -8   -8   8   7   7   -8
With same ole hung-ry eyes

6   -6    7  -8 7   8  -8 -7   7
He looked up   at  Bob-by and said
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Chorus
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 7   8   9  -10 9   10’  -10
You know I   will. Yeah, yeah
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Chorus
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-10 9  -10 9
  Oh    yeah

 8  -8 7  -8   7    8     9
You  can  bet your hard earned 

-10 -10 9  8  -8 7
Dol- lar   I  will

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