Say Can You Hear Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays467

Say Can You Hear by Men I Trust is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dsus2, F#sus2, Bsus2, Asus2, E, C#5, F#5, C#m/E, A, C#sus4, C#sus4/E and A6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
Bass intro 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|-4---4---4-4-/9-|--9--9---9-9-9--|-7---7---7-7----|----------------| 
E|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|---5---5---5-5--| 

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|-4---4---4-4-/9-|--9--9---9-9-9--|-7---7---7-7--7-|---7---7---7-7--| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

verse 1 with bass intro underneath 
N.C. 
Say, can you hear; is there a meaning to your grief? 
Where there is pain you see grace 
As if sacrifice was a meaningful end in itself 
Your trial and error is error and error 


Dsus2                    F#sus2 
 Staying at the end of a hallway 
Dsus2                      F#sus2   Bsus2 
 Dozens of doors you never tried to open 
Dsus2                      F#sus2   Bsus2 
 Narrow vision, you’re the scapegoat 
    Dsus2                  Asus2      E 
You try to fix things that have never been 

Interlude 
C#5 
Broken 

verse 2 
C#5            F#5 
 You’re self-absorbed 
C#m/E    A 
 Raving about your cryptic ways 
C#5                F#5 
 Aren’t willing to change 
    C#m/E 
Old grudges 

verse 2 
C#sus4           F#5 
 Hoping for your turn 
C#sus4/E     A6 
 All the basement stories you heard 
C#sus4           F#5 
 Waiting for the world 
   C#sus4/E 
To bend around you 

 
Dsus2                    F#sus2  Bsus2 
 Staying at the end of a hallway 
Dsus2                      F#sus2   Bsus2 
 Dozens of doors you never tried to open 
Dsus2                      F#sus2   Bsus2 
 Narrow vision, you’re the scapegoat 
    Dsus2                  A          E 
You try to fix things that have never been 

Bridge 
Dsus2         F#sus2            Bsus2 
broken          Waiting for the world to bend 
 Dsus2        F#sus2            Bsus2 
around you      Waiting for the world to bend 
 Dsus2        F#sus2            Bsus2 
around you      Waiting for the world to bend 
 Dsus2           Asus2     E 
around you      Around you 

 
Dsus2                    F#sus2                   Bsus2 
 Staying at the end of a hallway (waiting for the world to bend around you) 
Dsus2                      F#sus2   Bsus2 
 Dozens of doors you never tried to open (waiting for the world to bend around you) 
Dsus2                      F#sus2                     Bsus2 
 Narrow vision, you’re the scapegoat (waiting for the world to bend around you) 
    Dsus2                  Asus2      E 
You try to fix things that have never been 

Outro 
Dsus2          F#sus2   Bsus2 
Dsus2          F#sus2   Bsus2 
Dsus2          F#sus2   Bsus2 
Dsus2          Asus2    E 
    	

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