Need Someone Chords

KeyB CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays377

Need Someone by Mary J Blige is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords C#m, Abm, F#, B, B/D#, E, C#9 and C#m7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
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Intro: C#m Abm C#m Abm 


Verse 1 


     C#m            Abm 
From where you stand 
        C#m       Abm 
There's no way to change it 
C#m        Abm          F# 
Nowhere to make it make sense 
         C#m         Abm 
And it's lonely there 
C#m          Abm 
There in the spotlight 
    C#m         Abm     F# 
And honey don't I under-stand 
 

    B 
But you 
         B/D#     E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       love you 
         B/D#     E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       hold you 
   F# 
To-night 
           B/D# E 
Someone to love you 
           C#9  C#m7 
Someone to hold you 
           C#m  Abm 
Someone to love you 

C#m Abm 

Verse 2 
 

         C#m        Abm 
When you look at me 
C#m         Abm 
Try hard to hide it  
C#m         Abm         F# 
Try hard to keep it all in 
     C#m         Abm 
Well I found you out 
    C#m          Abm 
Dis-covered your secrets 
     C#m   Abm            F#      
Well honey     it ain't a sin 



    B 
But you  
         B/D#     E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       love you 
         B/D#     E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       hold you 
   F# 
To-night 
           B/D# E 
Someone to love you 
              C#9  C#m7 
Oh someone to hold you 
           Abm      E 
Someone to hold you 


Middle 8 


   Abm   E 
Oh oh yeah 
Abm            E              C#m7 
    It doesn’t have to be me 

Oooh ooooh oooh ooh 



    B 
But you 
         B/D#  E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       love you 
         B/D#   E    Abm 
You need some -one      to       tell you 
                      F# 
That everything is al-right 
           B/D# E 
Someone to love you 
           C#9  C#m7 
Someone to hold you 
           C#m  Abm 
Someone to love you 

C#m  Abm  C#m 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante