SAY SOMETHING
tabbed by ben harper
comments to wahooti_custaro@yahoo.com

Paul explained in the all australian guitar interview that most of the
something for kate tabs are wrong because he has big hands and people
use alternative tunings to compensate for chords held across 5 frets.
Well this song has some tough ones, so i hope you have big hands.

chords mainly written once

INTRO
that high sound can be reproduced with a slide from 20th to 15th on
the high e string
e---------------------------------------------
b---------3---3-----------3--3----------------
G---------3---3-----------3--3----------------
D--0--0---0---0---0---0---0--0----------------
A--x--x-----------x---x-----------------------
E--3--3-----------3---3-----------------------

VERSE
"tonight is like space invaders"
e--------------------------------------------
b---4------3-----4-----3---------------------
G---3------3-----3-----3---------------------
D---1------0-----0-----0---------------------
A---x------x-----x-----x---------------------
E---3------3-----2-----2---------------------

"there is nothing at work the faces have become like traffic"
e------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------
G---7---------------------7----------------
D---8---------------------7----------------
A---6---------------------7----------------
E---4---------------------5----------------

CHORUS guitar 1 plays:
"say something"
e--3-----3-----3-----1-----------------------
b--4-----3-----3-----1-----------------------
G--5-----3-----3-----2-----------------------
D--5-----5-----5-----3-----------------------
A--3-----5-----5-----3-----------------------
E--------3-----3-----1-----------------------

at the end of the chorus play:
e---4-------------------------------------
b---4-------------------------------------
G---5-------------------------------------
D---6-------------------------------------
A---6-------------------------------------
E---4-------------------------------------

guitar 2 plays:
e---11---8---6-----8-6-8-6-8-6-8-6---8--8--8--8----
b---------------8--------------------10-10-10-10---
G--------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------

BRIDGE
basically just strum and pick this chord:
"its a breakthrough ooo ooo ahh ahh"
e---6-------------------------------------
b---8-------------------------------------
G---7-------------------------------------
D---8-------------------------------------
A---6-------------------------------------
E---6-------------------------------------

CHORUS AGAIN

when the back up vocals come in then play the chorus like:
e--3-----3-----1-----6-----------------------
b--4-----3-----1-----8-----------------------
G--5-----3-----2-----7-----------------------
D--5-----5-----3-----8-----------------------
A--3-----5-----3-----6-----------------------
E--------3-----1-----6-----------------------

finish on the c minor, too easy...except for a couple of bitch chords.
any imperfections tell me.