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Somebody Told Me Chords

Music by: Teddy Pendergrass
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[Intro 1]
[D][G][D][G]
[D][G][Em][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
[D]Somebody told
me to de[G]liver [D]this message, [G]mm
[D]I'm [G]sur[D]e you know
[G]who I'm talking about

[Verse 2]
[Em]You see, He sees [A]the world is
[Em]full of confu[A]sion[Em]
People not [A]knowing who to [Em]trust[A]
[Em]No, He's wondering w[A]hy
[Em]we still can't [A]be[Em]
In this [A]world He gave us
[Em][A]

[Verse 3]
[G]
[Em]It's about [G]time that we submit
[D]to the master [Em]plan[G]
And bring [Em]all this pain
[Asus4]and war to an end
[G]Well, [D]He sai[Em]d it'[G]s about time
for a brand [D]new [Em]day[G]
And a brand [Em]new world
[A]to be[Asus4]gin

[Verse 4]
Somebody told [D]me
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver [D]this message)
And pass it on,
[G]pass it to you[D]
(Somebody told [A]me to de
[G]liver this message
[D]And I'm sure you know who,
[G]you know who

[Verse 5]
[Em]You see, she's [A]a child
who's [Em]dying of hun[A]ger
[Em]And another man [A]that's been good[Em]
[A]Wel[Em]l, he's wondering why[A] that man[Em]
hasn't even thought [A]about[Em]
Helping that [A]baby if he could
[Em][A]

[Verse 6]
[G]
[D]He woke me [Em]up this[G] morning,
[D]yes [Em]He did[G]
And this [Em]is what He had [Asus4]to say
Well, [G]He [D]said, [Em]"Get on [G]up,
go out and tell [Em]the world[G]
That this [Em]here [Asus4]is a brand new day"
He [A]woke me up
[D](Somebody told me to deliv
[G]er this message)
[D]He said pass it on,
[G]pas[D]s it on
(Somebody told me to de[G]liver
[D]this message)
And I'm pretty sure,
I'm [G]pretty sure you know [A]who[G]
[D]It'[Em]s about time tha[G]t we submit

[Verse 7]
to
the masters [Em]plan [G](yes it is)
And bring [Em]all [G]this pain
and war [Asus4]to an end
[G]Well, [D]He said it'[Em]s about tim[G]e
for a brand new [Em]day[G]
And a brand [Em]new world
to be[Asus4]gin
[A]Somebody woke

[Verse 8]
[D]me up this morning
and told me to tell you
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver this message)
He [D]said pass it [G]on to
[D]you
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver this message)
[D]And I'm pretty sure,
I'm pretty [G]sure you [D]know who
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver this message)
You see, [D]it's a brand [G]new day, brand new day,
brand [D]new, brand new
(Somebody told me to de[G]liver
[D]this message)
Even gave His only [G]begotten son
So that you and I [D]can live
You and I, [G]You and I, You and I [D]can live

[Verse 9]
Well [G]You
[D]see a long time ago[G][D]
When I was about ten years [G]old

[Verse 10]
If you read [D]in Proverbs
25:13
You'd see where [G]it says
As the cold of the snow
[D]in the time of harvest
So [G]is a faithful messenger
For [D]he refresheth the soul
of [G]his masters
He said get on up, get on [D]up
[G]Get on up, go out[D] and tell
the world

[Verse 11]
(Somebody told me [G]to de
liver this message)
That the [D]time is coming,
time [G]is coming
When the world will have to come
to [D]an end
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver this message)
Ah, you better [D]be ready, you better be ready
[G]Ah, time waits for[D] no one,
no
(Somebody told me to de
[G]liver this message)
You better be ready [D]children
You got to be [G]ready
[D]
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