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To Be Seen

from Ican Ican't by Ican Ican't

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Track 5 from Ican Ican't album

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TO BE SEEN

Intro​
D / C / D / C

Verse 1​
D ​C
Jackie bought her ticket from Paddy The Greek
​ D​ C
She paid twice as much as those who had queued up for a week
​ D​ C
But she has to go to boost her profile on the scene
​ D​ C
She needs to be seen

​She’s never heard their music doesn’t own a cd
​Of anyone not just these ones, not really her thing
​But she has to go, she’s in the know, she’s well clued in
​She needs to be seen

Chorus 1​
Em​ G​ D​ A
Don’t be the one who doesn’t know what’s going on
​Em​ G​ D​
Stay well informed on that which you should have
A
opinions on
​Em​ G​ D​ A
Don’t be yourself yeh be one of the clones
​C G​ Em D
You need to be seen
​ C​ G​ Em D
To be someone – to be seen
​ C​ G​ Em D
Justify your life and be seen
​ C ​G​ Em D
Do what they want and be seen

Verse 2
​Jack is captaining the local football team
​He’s been dating coach’s daughter since they were 16
​Tho he doesn’t love her any more he sticks with it
​He needs to be seen

​Coach never reveals he had a secret affair
​With the centre back from ’71 – the one with the red hair
​If the locals knew he’d lose his job he’d lose the team
​He needs to be seen

Chorus 2​
Don’t be yourself yeh be one of the team
​Don’t tell a soul what you’re really thinking
​Upset no-one and keep playing diplomacy
​You need to be seen
​To be someone – to be seen
​Keep the status quo and be seen
Do what they want and be seen

Mid​
Em / Em 7 } x 8

Verse 3​
Billy won’t admit that he hates all of their guts
​But he goes online to vent his spleen and spit out his thoughts
​Coz his blog is called “You Know That I Hate Everyone”
​He needs to be seen

​His readership’s increasing more and more each day
​And they post their comments every time he has his say
​Even if they don’t agree they still appease
​They need to be seen
​Maintain what seems
​Not what is

Outro
​D / C to fade etc..

© Dermot O’Leary 2010

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from Ican Ican't, released December 2, 2011
Written, arranged and performed by Dermot O'Leary

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