Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Chords

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Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Peggy Lee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, B7, E7, A7, Em7, Edim, G, E, F# and Gdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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  			D                B7     E7          E7 
Some - bod - y else is ta - king my place, 

A7     Em7      A7             Edim        D 
Some - bod - y else now shares your  em - brace; 

G         Em7        D              B7 
While I am trying to keep from crying, 

E                    A7           A7 
You go around with a smile on your face. 


D             B7       E7           E7 
Lit - tle you know the price I have paid, 

A7    Em7      A7        E           D 
Lit - tle you care for vows that you made; 

G     F#     Em7     D             B7 
My heart is aching, soon will be breaking, 

    E7       A7   Gdim  D 
For somebody's taking my place.
    	

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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante