James - Say Something Chords & Tabs

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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:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/james/say_something_tab_ver_2.html ]
(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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