Chords for Teddy Pendergrass - Somebody Told Me (Official Soul Train Video)
Tempo:
91.25 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
E
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[G#] [F#m] [E]
[A] [E]
Somebody [B] told [F#m] me to deliver this [E]
[E] message.
[A]
[E] [B] [F#m] [A]
[E] [B] Sure you [A] know what I'm talking about.
I'm not sure if you see it.
[B] He sees a world that's full of confusion.
[A] [B] Will not know anybody to trust.
And he's wondering why.
[F#m] Still can't deal with this world he [F#m] gave to us.
[B] [F#m] It's about time that [E] we submit to a master [A] plan.
And bring [F#] all this pain and war [B] through an end.
Well, [A] it's about time [E] for a brand new day.
[F#m] And a brand new world to begin.
[B]
[E] Somebody told [B] me to [A] deliver this [E] message.
And pass it [A] on, pass it on.
[B] Somebody told me [F#m] to deliver this [F#] message.
[E] I'm sure you know [A] who, you know who.
You see, [B] she's a child [A] that's dying [B] of hunger.
[A] And [B] another man that's [A] doing good.
[B] [F#] Well, he's [B] wondering why.
[A] That man [B] hasn't even thought [F#m] about [B] loving that baby [A] if he could.
[B] [F#m] He woke me up [A] this morning, [F#m] yesterday.
And this [B] is what he had to say.
Well, [F#m] he said, get [A] on up, don't hide, [F#m] tell the world.
That this [B] here is a brand new day.
He [E] woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[A] And deliver this [E] message.
Said pass it [A]
on, pass it on.
[E] Somebody told [A] me to deliver this [E] message.
And I'm pretty [A] sure, I'm pretty sure you know who.
[F#m] [A] I know we submit to the [F#m] master plan.
And bring [B] all this pain and war through an end.
Yes, he did.
[A] He said it's about time for a brand new [F#m] day.
And a brand new [B] world to begin.
Somebody woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[F#] And deliver this message.
[E] Said pass it [A] on to you.
[B] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this [E] message.
And I'm pretty sure, I'm [A] pretty sure you know who.
[E] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this message.
[G#] [N]
[A] [E]
[G#] [F#m] [E]
[A] [E]
Somebody [B] told [F#m] me to deliver this [E]
[E] message.
[A]
[E] [B] [F#m] [A]
[E] [B] Sure you [A] know what I'm talking about.
I'm not sure if you see it.
[B] He sees a world that's full of confusion.
[A] [B] Will not know anybody to trust.
And he's wondering why.
[F#m] Still can't deal with this world he [F#m] gave to us.
[B] [F#m] It's about time that [E] we submit to a master [A] plan.
And bring [F#] all this pain and war [B] through an end.
Well, [A] it's about time [E] for a brand new day.
[F#m] And a brand new world to begin.
[B]
[E] Somebody told [B] me to [A] deliver this [E] message.
And pass it [A] on, pass it on.
[B] Somebody told me [F#m] to deliver this [F#] message.
[E] I'm sure you know [A] who, you know who.
You see, [B] she's a child [A] that's dying [B] of hunger.
[A] And [B] another man that's [A] doing good.
[B] [F#] Well, he's [B] wondering why.
[A] That man [B] hasn't even thought [F#m] about [B] loving that baby [A] if he could.
[B] [F#m] He woke me up [A] this morning, [F#m] yesterday.
And this [B] is what he had to say.
Well, [F#m] he said, get [A] on up, don't hide, [F#m] tell the world.
That this [B] here is a brand new day.
He [E] woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[A] And deliver this [E] message.
Said pass it [A]
on, pass it on.
[E] Somebody told [A] me to deliver this [E] message.
And I'm pretty [A] sure, I'm pretty sure you know who.
[F#m] [A] I know we submit to the [F#m] master plan.
And bring [B] all this pain and war through an end.
Yes, he did.
[A] He said it's about time for a brand new [F#m] day.
And a brand new [B] world to begin.
Somebody woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[F#] And deliver this message.
[E] Said pass it [A] on to you.
[B] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this [E] message.
And I'm pretty sure, I'm [A] pretty sure you know who.
[E] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this message.
[G#] [N]
Key:
A
B
E
F#m
F#
A
B
E
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Somebody [B] told [F#m] me to deliver this [E] _
[E] message.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ Sure you [A] know what I'm talking about.
I'm not sure if you see it.
[B] He sees a world that's full of confusion.
[A] _ [B] Will not know anybody to trust.
_ _ And he's wondering why.
[F#m] Still can't deal with this world he [F#m] gave to us.
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] It's about time that [E] we submit to a master [A] plan.
_ And bring [F#] all this pain and war [B] through an end.
Well, _ _ [A] it's about time [E] for a brand new day.
_ _ [F#m] And a brand new world to begin.
[B] _
_ [E] Somebody told _ [B] me to [A] deliver this [E] message.
And pass it [A] on, pass it on.
_ [B] Somebody told me [F#m] to deliver this [F#] message.
[E] _ I'm sure you know [A] who, you know who.
You see, _ [B] she's a child [A] that's dying [B] of hunger.
[A] And [B] another man that's [A] doing good.
[B] _ [F#] Well, he's [B] wondering why.
[A] That man [B] hasn't even thought [F#m] about [B] loving that baby [A] if he could.
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] He woke me up [A] this morning, [F#m] yesterday.
_ _ And this [B] is what he had to say.
_ _ Well, [F#m] he said, get [A] on up, don't hide, [F#m] tell the world.
_ That this [B] here is a brand new day.
He [E] woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[A] And deliver this [E] message.
Said pass it [A]
on, pass it on.
[E] Somebody told [A] me to deliver this [E] message.
_ And I'm pretty [A] sure, I'm pretty sure you know who.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] I know we submit to the [F#m] master plan.
_ And bring [B] all this pain and war through an end.
Yes, he did.
[A] He said it's about time for a brand new [F#m] day.
_ And a brand new [B] world to begin.
_ Somebody woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[F#] And deliver this message.
[E] _ Said pass it [A] on to you.
_ [B] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this [E] message.
_ And I'm pretty sure, I'm [A] pretty sure you know who.
_ [E] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this message.
[G#] _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
Somebody [B] told [F#m] me to deliver this [E] _
[E] message.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [B] _ Sure you [A] know what I'm talking about.
I'm not sure if you see it.
[B] He sees a world that's full of confusion.
[A] _ [B] Will not know anybody to trust.
_ _ And he's wondering why.
[F#m] Still can't deal with this world he [F#m] gave to us.
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#m] It's about time that [E] we submit to a master [A] plan.
_ And bring [F#] all this pain and war [B] through an end.
Well, _ _ [A] it's about time [E] for a brand new day.
_ _ [F#m] And a brand new world to begin.
[B] _
_ [E] Somebody told _ [B] me to [A] deliver this [E] message.
And pass it [A] on, pass it on.
_ [B] Somebody told me [F#m] to deliver this [F#] message.
[E] _ I'm sure you know [A] who, you know who.
You see, _ [B] she's a child [A] that's dying [B] of hunger.
[A] And [B] another man that's [A] doing good.
[B] _ [F#] Well, he's [B] wondering why.
[A] That man [B] hasn't even thought [F#m] about [B] loving that baby [A] if he could.
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] He woke me up [A] this morning, [F#m] yesterday.
_ _ And this [B] is what he had to say.
_ _ Well, [F#m] he said, get [A] on up, don't hide, [F#m] tell the world.
_ That this [B] here is a brand new day.
He [E] woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[A] And deliver this [E] message.
Said pass it [A]
on, pass it on.
[E] Somebody told [A] me to deliver this [E] message.
_ And I'm pretty [A] sure, I'm pretty sure you know who.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] I know we submit to the [F#m] master plan.
_ And bring [B] all this pain and war through an end.
Yes, he did.
[A] He said it's about time for a brand new [F#m] day.
_ And a brand new [B] world to begin.
_ Somebody woke me up this morning, and told me to pay.
[F#] And deliver this message.
[E] _ Said pass it [A] on to you.
_ [B] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this [E] message.
_ And I'm pretty sure, I'm [A] pretty sure you know who.
_ [E] Somebody told me [A] to deliver this message.
[G#] _ _ [N] _ _ _
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