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Someone Like You Chords & Guitar Lesson

Welcome to my Someone Like You chord chart by Adele. This is a great lesson in how to turn a piano song into a guitar song. I mean how to you go about making something that’s clearly written for piano sound decent on a guitar.

Enter Someone Like You and a little finger picking (or a regular pick if you prefer) and we can spice this song up enough to make it sound pretty cool as a guitar piece.

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Someone Like You Guitar Chords:

Someone Like You Strumming Patterns:

Now, if you are not too keen on finger picking, you can always down up strumming but I don’t think is does this song much justice.

Strumming:
1 e + a  2 e + a 3 e + a  4 e + a
DU DU  DU DU  DU DU  DU DU

Picking:

Picking will follow the same 16th note rhythm. We are going to be picking the lowest 3 notes of the chord (with one exception for the 6 string chords). For example, 5 string chords like the A major chord we would pick string numbers: 5 4 3 4 5 4 3 4 to the following rhythm

1 e + a  2 e + a  3 e + a  4 e + a
54 3 4  5 4 34  5 4 3 4  5 4 3 4

For our 4 string chords like the D Major:

1 e + a  2 e + a  3 e + a  4 e +a
4 32 3  4 3 2 3  43 2 3  4 3 2 3

I personally think it sounds better with D major played as a barre chord on the 5th string 5th fret.

For our 6 string chords like E Major:

1 e + a  2 e + a  3 e + a   4 e + a
6 4 34  64 3 4  6 4 3 4  6 4 3 4

This means the bass note or lowest note of the chord will be repeated on the 1 and 3 beats. But that’s it really.

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Someone Like You Guitar Lesson:

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Someone Like You Chord Chart:

Intro:

A E F#m D

Verse:
A                                     E
I heard that you've settled down
                         F#m                                     D
That you've found a girl and you're married now
A                                   E
I heard that your dreams came true
                    F#m                                     D
Guess she gave you things I didn't give to you
A                                   E
Old friend why are you so shy
                  F#m                                D
It ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light

Pre-Chorus:
|   E                                             F#m|
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
  D           
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
|     E                                                      F#m|
I'd hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for
D                  E
Me it isn't over

Chorus:
 |A                        E|                     |F#m D|
never mind I'll find someone like you  I wish
|  A                            E |        |F#m D|
nothing but the best for you too  Don't
|    A               E|         | F#m                D|
forget me I beg I remember you said sometimes it
|A                               E |                 | F#m         D |
Lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

Verse:
            A                                  E
You know how the time flies only
F#m                           D
Yesterday was the time of our lives we were
A                                       E
Born and raised in a summer haze boung
F#m                                    D
By the surprise of our glory days

 

Pre-Chorus:
|   E                                             F#m|
I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
  D           
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
|     E                                                      F#m|
I'd hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for
D                  E
Me it isn't over

Chorus:
 |A                        E|                     |F#m D|
never mind I'll find someone like you  I wish
|  A                            E |        |F#m D|
nothing but the best for you too  Don't
|    A               E|         | F#m                D|
forget me I beg I remember you said sometimes it
|A                               E |                 | F#m         D |
Lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

Bridge:
E
Nothing compares no worries or care
    F#m
Regrets and mistakes they're memories made
   D                                                              |Bm       A|   | D        E|
who would have known how bittersweet this would taste

Chorus:
   A(once)          E(once)          F#m(once) D(once)
Never mind I'll find someone like     y        ou
              A(once)               E(once)   F#m(once) D(once)
I wish nothing but the best for      you              too  don't
|      A              E|      | F#m                  D|F
Forget me I beg I remember you said sometimes it
  |A                             E|                   |F#m          D|
lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

 |A                        E|                     |F#m D|
never mind I'll find someone like you  I wish
|  A                            E |        |F#m D|
nothing but the best for you too  Don't
|    A               E|         | F#m                D|
forget me I beg I remember you said sometimes it
|A                               E |                 | F#m         D |
Lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead

*end on a single strum of A

This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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