The Fray
Say When
The Fray -- 2009
Guitar 1: Standard (E A D G B E) - No Capo (Electric)
Guitar 2: Standard (E A D G B E) - Capo 2 (Electric)
Note: Live both guitars are tuned in Eb
Guitar 1
Intro - 0:00-0:12
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------------2-------------2----------------------|
D|--4---0----2----4---0----2----4---0----2---------------|
A|---------4---0---------4---0---------4---0--0-0-0-2-2--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 - 0:13-1:02
e|------------------------------|
B|------2------2------3------2--|
G|----2------2------2------2----|[8x]
D|--4------2------0-------------|
A|-----------------------2------|
E|------------------------------|
Chorus - 1:03-1:28
Say wh--en
e|---------|
B|--5---5--|
G|--7---6--|
D|--7---7--|
A|--5---5--|
E|---------|
And my own two hands will comfort you tonight, tonight
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-------5----------5-------5-----5----9--|
G|-------2-------2----------2-------2-----2------x--|
D|-----4-------4----------4-------4-----4--------6--|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Say wh--en
e|---------|
B|--5---5--|
G|--7---6--|
D|--7---7--|
A|--5---5--|
E|---------|
And my own two arms will carry you tonight, tonight
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5--------5--------5-----5-----5----9---|
G|-------2--------2--------2-----2-----2------x---|
D|-----4--------4--------4-----4-----4--------6---|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Interlude - 1:29-1:41
Same as Intro
Verse 2 - 1:42-2:06
Same as Verse 1 - 4x
Chorus - 2:07-2:32
Post-Chorus - 2:37-3:02
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|----2-------------2-------------2-----------------|[2x]
D|--4---0----2----4---0----2----4---0----2----------|
A|---------4---0---------4---0---------4---0--0--2--|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Bridge - 3:03-4:17
Same as Verse 1 & 2 - 14x
Chorus - 4:18-4:47
Outro
No Guitar 1
Guitar 2 - All chords/notes relative to capo
Intro
No Guitar 2
Verse 1, Part 1 - Piano to Guitar 2
Em Gsus2
I see you there, don't know where you come from
C Am
Unaware but still from someone
Em Gsus2 C Am
Don't appear to care that I saw you and I want you
Em Gsus2
What's your name? Cause I have to know it
C Am
You let me in and begin to show it
Em Gsus2 C
We're terrified cause we're headed straight for it
Am
Might get it
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_fray/say_when_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse 1, Part 2 - Guitar 2 comes in
Em Gsus2
Hear the song playin on the background
C Am
All alone but you're turnin up now
Em Gsus2 C Am
And everyone is risin to meet ya, to greet you
Em Gsus2
Turn around and you're walking toward me
C Am
I'm breakin' down and you're breathing slowly
Em Gsus2 C Am
Say the word and I will be your man, your man
Chorus
C Gsus2
Say wh--en
Am Em C Gsus2 Em D
And my own two hands will comfort you tonight, tonight
C Gsus2
Say wh--en
Am Em C Gsus2 Em D
And my own two arms will carry you tonight, tonight
Interlude - Listen closely for each notes duration
e|-----------------|
B|--5/7/8/5/7/3/5--|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Verse 2
Em Gsus2
Come close and then even closer
C Am
We bring it in but we go no further
Em Gsus2 C Am
We're separate two ghosts in one mirror, no nearer
Em Gsus2
Later on if it turns to chaos
C Am
Hurricane comin all around us
Em Gsus2 C
See the crack, pull it back from the window
Am
You stay low
Chorus
Post-Chorus - No Guitar 2
Bridge, Part 1 - No Guitar 2
Come across you're lost and broken
You're coming to, but you're slow and waking
You Start to shake, you still haven't spoken, what happened
They're comin back and you just don't know it
and you wanna cry but there's nothing coming
They're gonna push until you give in
Say when
Bridge, Part 2 - Guitar 2 comes in
Em Gsus2
Now we're here and it turns to chaos
C Am
Hurricane comin all around us
Em Gsus2 C
They're gonna crack, don't you back from the window
Am
You stay low
Em Gsus2
It all began with the man and country
C Am
Every plan turns another century
Em Gsus2 C Am
Around again and another nation fallen
Riff 2 - Fast alternate picking w/ heavy delay & distortion
e|--------------------------------|
B|--5-5/12-12/7-7/12-12/7-7/8-8/--|
G|--------------------------------|[4x]
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|
Chorus
Outro - Acoustic
C Gsus2
Say wh--en
Am Em C Gsus2 Em D
And my own two hands will comfort you tonight, tonight
