James - Say Something guitar tab
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From: Jonathan Gilana
"Say Something" by James
Transcribed by Jonathan Gilana
March 16, 1995
Riff 1:
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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-----------------
Riff 4:
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
Almost 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 unkind
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)
Whole lot of 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 unkind
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