The Asking Tree: A Robyn Hitchcock Catalog

I Something You Releases Gigs Lyrics Tablature

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Author: Robyn Hitchcock

According to our records, Robyn has played this song 142 times, most recently at El Rey Theatre on April 11, 2008. He first performed it at Big Star Records on November 01, 1993, 14 years and 5 months earlier.

Releases

Title	Artist	Label	Type	Year
My Wife And My Dead Wife	Robyn Hitchcock	Sequel Records	Promo	1995
I Something You	Robyn Hitchcock	K Records	Single	1995
Storefront Hitchcock	Robyn Hitchcock	Warner Bros.	Album	1997

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Gigs

Venue	Billed As	City	State	Country	Date
Big Star Records	Robyn Hitchcock	Adelaide	South Australia	Australia	11/01/1993
Club Quattro	Robyn Hitchcock	Tokyo		Japan	11/10/1993
BBC Radio 1 - Mark Radcliffe	Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians	London	England	UK	11/15/1993
Auditorium Flog	Robyn Hitchcock	Florence		Italy	03/04/1994
Ruvido Club	Robyn Hitchcock	Bologna		Italy	03/05/1994
Blob House	Robyn Hitchcock	Bergamo		Italy	03/07/1994
Jazz Cafe	Robyn Hitchcock	London	England	UK	03/14/1994
GLR - Peter Curran Show	Robyn Hitchcock	London	England	UK	03/18/1994
Ultrasound	Robyn Hitchcock	Toronto	Ontario	Canada	05/10/1994
Harpo's	Robyn Hitchcock	Victoria	British Columbia	Canada	05/13/1994

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Lyrics

I something you
As the nights get older
I something you
As if you couldn't see
In the best years of my life         5
At least I haven't got a wife
I something you
You whatnot me

I something you
As the dead things moulder          10
In Leicester Square
That's the place to be
After all these ruined years
Let me realize your fears
I something you                     15
You whatnot me

In this kind of song
Middle bits are so predictable
But you came along
You were not at all predictable     20

I didn't think you'd be like this
I didn't think you'd be like this
Well, I didn't even think that you'd be like this
That you'd be like this
That I'd feel like this, but        25

I something you
As the nights get colder
And you heat up
And you are next to me
In the twilight of this world       30
You are my Dutch, Australian, Hungarian, Jewish girl
I something you
You whatnot me

I something you
You something me                    35

Tablature

Note: All chords are played in open positions (C, A7, Am, Dm,
G, G7)  except F and Bb which are always played as a barré.

Intro
                                                        
|-----3--x--0---0-----------------------------------|
|-----0--0--0---1----------------------------------|
|-----0--0--0---0------------------------------------|
|-----0--0--0---2---------------------------------|
|-----2--0--2---3----------------------------------|
|-----3--x--x----x-----------------------------------|
                                                             
C            A7 Dm                  G
I something you   as the nights get older

C            A7 Dm                   G7
I something you  as if you couldn't see

       F
In the best years of my life

            C             A7
at least I haven't got a wife

             Dm G              Am F Bb B
I something you   you what not me

C            A7 Dm                   G
I something you  as the dead things molder

C              A7  Dm                    G7
In Leicester Square  that's the place to be

      F                             C              A7
after all these ruined years let me realize your fears

             Dm G            Am  F  Bb  B  C  C#  D
I something you you what not me

D                                     G    
In this kind of songs middle bits are so predictable

D            Dm                    G7
But you came along you were not at all predictable

F
I didn't think you'd be like this 

                             Bb
I didn't think you'd be like this

        C                            D                                
well I didn't even think that you'd be like this

           F
that you'd be like this

       Bb         B
But I feel like this but

C            A7 Dm                  G
I something you  as the nights get colder

C            A7 Dm                  G7       
and you heat up  and you are next to me

F                         
In the twilight of this world 
           C                                  A7
you are my dutch-australian-hungarian-jewish girl

             Dm G             Am
I something you  you what not me

F               Bb        B    C Bb C
I something you you something me