She’s a girl ing with the (Bb)best in ten tions;
he’s a man come of his own in ven tion.
She looked out the win dow, she walked out the door,
but she fol lowed him, and he said, “What you look ing for?”
She said: I (Dm)want some thing that I want,
some thing that I tell my self I need.
Some thing that I want,
and I need ev ’ry thing I see.
Some thing that I want,
some thing that I tell my self I need.
Some thing that I want,
and I need ev ’ry thing I see,
yeah.
He’s been liv ing in a (Bb)pure il lu sion.
She’s gon na come to her own con clu sion.
She Right when you think dow, you know what to say,
some one comes a long and and shows you a brand new way.
He said: I (Dm)want some thing that I want,
some thing that I tell my self I need.
Some thing that I want,
and I need ev ’ry thing I see.
Some thing that I want,
some thing that I tell my self I need.
Some thing that I want,
and I need ev ’ry thing I see,
yeah.
’ry thing, ’cause it’s so eas y to make be lieve; it (Dm)seems you’re liv ing in a dream.
(F)Don’t you see that what you need is stand ing in front of you?
(F)Oh, I and I need ev ’ry thing I see, yeah, y yeah, y yeah, y yeah.
Well, won’t you give it to me now.
And I need ev ’ry thing I see.
yeah, y yeah, y yeah, y yeah.
Well, won’t you give it to me now.
And I need ev ’ry thing I see.
This page shows “Something That I Want” by Grace Potter in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 168 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.