Soma Chords
by The Strokes
Soma by The Strokes is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G G G G
G F
Soma is what they would take when
G
Hard times opened their eyes
F
Saw pain in a new way
G
High stakes for a few names
F
Racing with sun beams
G
Losing against their dreams
In your eyes
G F#
And I am
G F#
Stop
F E
And go
F E
In your eyes
G F#
See I am
G F#
Stop
F E
And go
F E
In your eyes
G G G G
G G G G
Let's go
G F
When I saw her for the first time
G
Lips moved as her eyes closed
F
Heard something in his voice
G
"And I'll be there", he says
F
Then he walks out
G
Somehow he was trying
F
Too hard to be like them
G F#
Well I am
G F#
Stop
F E
And go
F E
In your eyes
G F#
And I am
G F#
Stop
F E
Oh, darling, let me go
F E G
Tried it once and they like it
F#
Then tried to hide it
G F#
Says, "I've been doing this 25 years"
F E F E
But I'm not listening no moooooooooore
G F# G F#
And these friends, they keep asking for mooooooooooooooooore
F E F E
Oh, yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah
Oh, but that's it
G G G