John Mayer - Say

ladilala so this is the first tab i’ve written . it’s a simpler way of playing say by
mayer and i think it sounds okay for me just playing around with some tabs . : ] feel free to
or add around stuff .

capo on the 8th fret

E – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – 0 – – – 0 – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – – – – 3 – – – 3 – – – 3 – |
G – – – 2 – – – – 2 – – – 2 – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – 2 – – – 2 – – – – – – 2 – – – 0 – – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
this riff is played over and over

“say” [ capo 2 ] [ the way i play it ]

C F Am
take all of your wasted honor
Cmaj9 F Am C
every little past frustration
C F Am
take all of your so – called problems ,
Cmaj9 F Am C
better put ’em in quotations

C F
say what you need to say
Am Cmaj9
say what you need to say
C F
say what you need to say
Am G C
say what you need to say
[ x2 ]

walking like a one man army
fighting with the shadows in your head
living out the same old moment
knowing you’d be better off instead ,
if you could only . . .

say what you need to say [ x8 ]

Dm F G
have no fear for giving in
Dm F G
have no fear for giving over
Dm F G
you’d better know that in the end
F
its better to say too much
G
then never say what you need to say again

Cmaj9 F Am
even if your hands are shaking
Cmaj9 F Am
and your faith is broken
Cmaj9 F Am
even as the eyes are closing
C F Am
do it with a heart wide open

say what you need to say [ x24 ]