I Could Be In Love With Someone Like You Chords

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D My first crush on an Irish girl,

I was ten years old

And her name was Elaine.

Little red-head girl;

Well, she looked like you,

But if you were ten.

Which you’re clearly Bm7 not.

Not that you lGadd9 ook old,

But you get my... Em11

I’ll just stop now.

D Okay, wait, ‘cause I had a point -

No, I swear I did!

Well, I think I did,

Which is all my lifBm7 e

(Or since I wasBm7/A ten)

I have hadBm7 a yG en

Bm7/F♯For an IrishEm11 lass.

Because God knows whyCadd9 ,

Like the anciGadd9entA curse

Of the shiksD a queens.

Do I talk too much?

Which is not to saBm7 y

That I’d wantBm7/A Elaine,

Who turned out to be Bm7

(When I last checkeBm7/F♯ d in)

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A Republican

And a paraD psychologist.

FIf you’ve got a four-lA♯/Feaf clover, Cm

F You can make my dreams come true.

I will be your Hebrew slave:

Just doC♯add9 the things that Irish girD♯add9ls do. F

Talk about potato famines,

I begin to cry on cue!

D♯SinF g about the Emerald Isle and

G♯GetA♯ your Irish eyes to smilin’ -

C♯I cD♯ould be in love with someone like you. D

D I just left a relationship

With a lovely girl

Named Alyssa Levine.

She was really great,

It was all my fault -

I just got upset

‘Cause she slept with my brother.

So I maBm7 de a vow

Not to get caughtBm7/A up

In the datBm7ing G scene

Or the whole routine Bm7/F♯

With the cousinBm7’s fE riend

Or the who-knows-whBm7/F♯ at,

Like I need that shit. Bm7

I’ve got markD s to make,

I’ve got stepD/E s to climb,

It’s the perD/F♯ fect time!

I’ve got books to writeD/G ,

I’ve got things to do -D/A

I go out my doD/B or

And bump into youD/C ,

And the jig is up, D

And my vow isD/E through!

I don’t knoD/F♯w what I’m coin’, G6

But comDadd9e iF♯n and ruin mEm11 e!

FI will write my own “Ulysses”A♯/F

F If you’re there to show me how.

Take me back to Glocca Morra,

C♯add9Bathe me in the River Shannon D♯add9now. F

If you’ll be Mrs. O’Leary,

Baby, I will be your cow.

D♯I’lF l deliver shamrocks daily,

G♯BuyA♯ your pa a new shillelagh,

C♯I cD♯ ould be in love with someone like...

D♯6You could be my inspiration G♯7M

And get me past this block, D♯6

And walk me through the Great Unknown. D♯aug

D♯add9You could be my true salvation, G♯7M

Unchain me from this rock, D♯add9

And keep me from being alone, Badd9

‘Cause I’m no good at being alone!

FTake me to another lA♯/Fevel! Cm

F Let me play in bigger halls!

I will do a Riverdance

C♯add9As long as you keep answering my calls! D♯add9

Get me out of my apartment!

Keep me from my empty walls!

D♯SomF eone hire John McCormack!

Start the Wearing of the Green! B7

G♯LetA♯ me win the Irish Sweepstakes!

Let me take you home, Kathleen! C♯

I can be in love with someone!

I can be in love with someone!

C♯I cD♯ an be in love with

C♯6add9 Someone

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