What To Say Chords & Tabs
Born Ruffians - What To Say
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
Standard tuning
Clean tone with a bit of reverb for the whole song.
Didn't bother tabbing out the minor variations in each
part. Some of the chords in the chorus might be off, but
it's close enough.
Intro - Bass only
Verse (0:27)
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9p7-------|
|--------------------9-----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x2
|--------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9h10p9------|
|---------------------9----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x2
Repeat the above sequence twice.
Chorus
|--12---12------12---12------------|
|--12---14------12---14-----16-----|
|--13---14------13---14-----16-----|
|--14---14------14---14-----16-----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| x2
2nd verse - Bass and mellotron
No guitar until 2:22
Chorus variation
|--12---12---12---------|
|--12---14---12---------|
|--13---14---13---------|
|--14---14---14---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| x4
Bass interlude
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/born_ruffians/what_to_say_tab.html ]
Guitar solo
|--9-9-9-9--9--11--12---/17---16-16-16-16--16-14--14h16-14-11-11h12---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
w/slight variations each repeat
Bridge
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--9-9--9--9-9--9-----------------------------------|
|--9-9--9--9-9--9-----------------------------------|
|--9-9--9--9-9--9-11-9-11-11-11--11--9----9---------|
|--------------------------------------11---11-9----|
|---------------------------------------------------| x4
w/slight variations
|--12---12---12---------|
|--12---14---12---------|
|--13---14---13---------|
|--14---14---14---------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------| x4
Chorus
|--12---12------12---12------------|
|--12---14------12---14-----16-----|
|--13---14------13---14-----16-----|
|--14---14------14---14-----16-----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------| x2
Outro
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7h9p7-------|
|--------------------9-----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x2
|--------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9h10p9------|
|---------------------9----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------| x2
