The Word You Wield Chords & Tabs
Song: The Word You Wield
Album: In Defense of the Genre
Tabbed by: Steve Smith
Tuning: Standard
I was just fooling around one day, hit the first chord of the song by accident, and
no one else had a tab for this song, so I figured I share. I'm pretty sure most of it is
with the exception of maybe the bridge.
Verse
"You've got no where to go but up"
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4-3-4-3---------|
G|--2-2-2-22-4-4-4-4----|------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-33-4-4-4-4-4--|------------------------|
A|--1-1-1-11-2-2-2-2-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"To where you'll dine with foreign kings"
e|----------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4---4-3---------|
G|--2-2-2-22-4-4-4-4----|------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-33-4-4-4-4-4--|------------------------|
A|--1-1-1-11-2-2-2-2-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"You can't forget about our trist"
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4-3-4-3---------|
G|--2-2-2-22-4-4-4-4----|------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-33-4-4-4-4-4--|------------------------|
A|--1-1-1-11-2-2-2-2-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"And all those other fleeting things"
e|----------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4---4-3---------|
G|--2-2-2-22-4-4-4-4----|------------------------|
D|--3-3-3-33-4-4-4-4-4--|------------------------|
A|--1-1-1-11-2-2-2-2-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
Repeat verse once, ending on the F#m.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/say_anything/the_word_you_wield_tab.html ]
Chorus
"You've got no where to go!"
"Woah, Woah!" "No where to go!"
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4-3-4-3---------|
G|-2-2-xxxx-4-4-xxxx----|------------------------|
D|-3-3-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
A|-1-1-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"Woah, Woah!" "No where to go!"
e|----------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4---4-3---------|
G|-2-2-xxxx-4-4-xxxx----|------------------------|
D|-3-3-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
A|-1-1-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"Woah, Woah!" "No where to go!"
e|----------------------|------------------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4-3-4-3---------|
G|-2-2-xxxx-4-4-xxxx----|------------------------|
D|-3-3-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
A|-1-1-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
"Woah, Woah!" "No where to go!"
e|----------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------------------|--3-4-3-4---4-3---------|
G|-2-2-xxxx-4-4-xxxx----|------------------------|
D|-3-3-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
A|-1-1-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-4--|------------------------|
E|-------------------2--|------------------------|
Repeat Verse, with the piano playing the 3-4-3-4-3-4 throughout the verse.
Repeat Chorus.
Bridge
"There must be something,
"Wrong with me, my mind, is just a sickly little"
e|-----------------------------2--1--|
B|-----2-------2-----------2-------2-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---3---3---4---4-----4-------------|
A|-1-------2---------4---------------|
E|-----------------2-----------------|
"Alibi, and why, am I surprised you're giving"
e|-----------------------------2p1--1h2|
B|-----2-------2-----------2-----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---3---3---4---4-----4---------------|
A|-1-------2---------4-----------------|
E|-----------------2-------------------|
"Up on me, goodbye, the word you're wielding"
e|-----------------------------2--1--|
B|-----2-------2-----------2-------2-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---3---3---4---4-----4-------------|
A|-1-------2---------4---------------|
E|-----------------2-----------------|
"Like a knife."
e|-----------------------------2p1--1h2|
B|-----2-------2-----------2-----------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|---3---3---4---4-----4---------------|
A|-1-------2---------4-----------------|
E|-----------------2-------------------|
Repeat Bridge, with the
Piano part in the background:
e|-----9-----9---7-6-7-4-6-2-4-2p1h2-|-----9----9---7-6-|
B|-6-7---6-7---6---------------------|-6-7---6-7--6-----|
"You've got no where to go!"
Repeat Chorus twice.
"The word you're wielding like a knife."
Final Chorus
"Woah, Woah!" "The word you're wielding like a knife."
e|-------------------------|-1h2p1h2p1~-|
B|-------------------------|------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---------|------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|------------|
E|-----------------2-2-2-2-|------------|
"Woah, Woah!" "The word you're wielding like a knife."
e|-------------------------|-1h2p1h2p1~-|
B|-------------------------|------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---------|------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|------------|
E|-----------------2-2-2-2-|------------|
"Woah, Woah!" "The word you're wielding like a knife."
e|-------------------------|-1h2p1h2p1~-|
B|-------------------------|------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---------|------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|------------|
E|-----------------2-2-2-2-|------------|
"Woah, WOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-3-4-3-4-3-4----3----4~~~|
G|-2-2-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-------|-------------------------|
D|-3-3-xxxx-4-4-xxxx-4~~~--|-------------------------|
A|-1-1-xxxx-2-2-xxxx-4~~~--|-------------------------|
E|-------------------2~~~--|-------------------------|
Again, except for the bridge, I'm pretty sure most of it is right. Leave comments if it isn't.
-Steve
