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Version 1This song is a great B-side by The Kinks. The song appears on the 1998's Face To Face reissue CD as a bonus track. Originally "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" was released as the B-side of "Sunny Afternoon" in 1966. Shoulda been an A-side. [Intro] Am (strum) [Verse] G D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) I won't take all that they hand me down Am Em And make out a smile though I wear a frown G D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) And I'm not gonna take it all lying down Am Em Cuz once I get started I go to town [Chorus] Em D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) I'm not like everybody else Am Em I'm not like everybody else Em D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) I'm not like everybody else Am Em I'm not like everybody else Em D A And I don't want to walk about like everybody else Em D A And I don't want to live my life like everybody else Em D A And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else Asus2 Em (Oooooooooh ooooooooh) Cuz I'm not like everybody else Asus2 Em (Oooooooooh ooooooooh) I'm not like everybody else [Verse 2] But darling you know that I love you true Do anything that you want me to Confess all my sins like you want me to There's one thing that I will say to you [Chorus] Em D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) I'm not like everybody else Am Em I'm not like everybody else Em D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D) I'm not like everybody else Am Em I'm not like everybody else Em D A And I don't want to walk about like everybody else Em D A And I don't want to live my life like everybody else Em D A And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else Asus2 Em (Oooooooooh ooooooooh) Cuz I'm not like everybody else Asus2 Em (Oooooooooh ooooooooh) I'm not like everybody else Em Like everybody else Em Like everybody else Em Like everybody else Em Like everybody else Em for a couple of bars [Verse 3] If you all want me to settle down Slow up and stop all my running 'round Do everything like you want me to There's one thing that I will say to you [Chorus] (Note that in the last chorus' last line Ray sings "I don't want to say goodbye like everybody else" instead of "I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else") After the last chorus: Em Like everybody else (like everybody else) Em Like everybody else (like everybody else) Em Like everybody else (like everybody else) Em Like everybody else