Say What You Need To Say Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays565

Say What You Need To Say by John Mayer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Em, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
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Intro:  G C Em D (2x) 

Verse 1: 
                   G      C     Em   D 
Take out all your wasted honor 
             G         C      Em   D 
Every little past frustration 
                 G         C        Em   D 
Take all of your so called problems 
                G      C       Em   D 
Better put them in quotations 


              G          C 
Say what you need to say 
              Em         D 
Say what you need to say (3x)  




Instrumental: G C Em D 

Verse 2: 
               G       C    Em   D 
Walking like a one man army 
                  G       C            Em    D    
Fighting with the shadows in your head 
              G        C      Em   D 
Living on the same old moment 
                  G      C          Em             D 
Knowing you'll be better off instead, if you could only 

chorus (4x) 

Bridge: 

C           Em             D 
   Have no fear for giving in 
C           Em             D 
   Have no fear for giving all of it 
C              Em              D 
   You better know that in the end 
               Am 
Its better you say too much 
              D 
Than never to say what you need to say again 

Instrumental:  G C Em D 

Verse 3:
 
             G         C       Em   D 
Even if your hands are shaking 
         G        C       Em   D 
And your faith is broken 
            G        C       Em   D 
Even as the eyes are closing 
             G          C   Em       D 
Do it with a heart wide open, a wide heart 

Chorus (9x) 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante