"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:
(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