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Say Something

James
Tab
4.9(88)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Riff 1

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---0-----------2---0----------2---0------------2---0-----------|
A|---3---0--3----3---3---3--0--3----3---0--3-----3---3---3--0--3---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3---0--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-0---------0-3-------------------0--3---|
E|-----------------------------3-------------------------3---------|

Riff 2

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------8----------8----------------------8----------8---------|
G|------9----------9-----------9-----------9----------9----------9-|
D|--10---------10----------10----------10---------10---------10----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3

e|---1--3--1--0----|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

Riff 4

e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---0---2---|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

(Riff 1)

(Riff 1)

C Am

You're as tight as a hunter's trap

F

Hidden well

C

What are you concealing

(Riff 1)

C Am

Poker face carved in stone

F

Amongst friends but all alone

C

Why do you hide?

Chorus

(Riff 2 - until end of chorus)

C Am

Say something, say something, anything

F

I've shown you everything

C

Give me a sign

C Am

Say something, say something, anything

F

Your silence is deafening

C

Pay me in kind

Verse 2

(Riff 1)

C Am

Take a drug to set you free

F

Strange fruit from a forbidden tree

C

You've got to come down soon

(Riff 2)

C Am (Riff 3)

More than a drug is what I need

F (Riff 3)

Need a change of scenery

C

Need a new life

*Chorus (Riff 3 after each line)

Break

(drum solo with Riff 2 and Riff 4)

(Riff 2)

C Am

Say something, say something, anything

F

I've shown you everything

C

Give me a sign

C Am

I'm open, wide open, wondering

F

Have you swallowed everything

C

Pay me in kind

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