I’m not like everybody else (1966)     (video)

 

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1. I won't take all that they hand me down

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    and make out a smile though I wear a frown.

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    And I'm not gonna take it all lying down

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    cuz once I get started I go to town.

 

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I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else.

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I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else.

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And I don't want to walk about like everybody else,

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and I don't want to live my life like everybody else,

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and I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else,

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cuz I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else

 

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2. But, darling, you know that I love you true,

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    do anything that you want me to,

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    confess all my sins like you want me to,

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    there's one thing that I will say to you.

 

+  CHORUS

 

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+  Like everybody else ! (4x)    +  Em  ~ ~

 

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3. If you all want me to settle down,

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    slow up and stop all my running 'round,

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    do everything like you want me to,

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    there's one thing that I will say to you.

 

 Em                               D     Am                              Em

I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else.

Em                               D     Am                               Em

I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else.

      Em                                             D               A

And I don't want to walk about like everybody else,

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and I don't want to live my life like everybody else,

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and I don’t want to say goodbye like everybody else,

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cuz I'm not like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else

 

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+  Like everybody else (like everybody else) ! (3x)

 

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+  Like everybody else !

 

    (The Kinks)