Somebody Else Is Taking My Place Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays343

Somebody Else Is Taking My Place by Steve Lawrence is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D9, B7, E7, Cdim, A7, Em7, G/B, Edim, Gdim, G, G/F#, D7M, E, Fdim and Bm5-/7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			D      D9 B7  E7       Cdim  E7 
Somebod  else is taking my place 
A7  Em7  G/B A7  G/B  D9    Edim Gdim   D 
Somebody  else  now  shares  your   embrace 
G    G/F#   Em7   D  D7M       B7 
While I am trying to keep from crying 
E  Fdim  E   Cdim      A7 Bm5-/7      A7 
You go around with a smile on your face 
D          D9 B7       E7      Cdim  E7 
Little you know the price I have paid 
A7    Em7 G/B  A7  G/B  D9  Edim Gdim D 
Little you care for vows that you made 
G   G/F#     Em7     D   D7M       B7 
My heart is aching, soon will be breaking 
    E7          A7   Gdim  D 
For somebody's taking my place 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante