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Chapman, Steven Curtis - What I Really Want To Say

Song: What I Really Want To Say
Artist: Steven Curtis Chapman
CD: Speechless
(P)&(C) 1999 Sparrow Records
Tabbed by: Chris Tierney (ggh3@hotmail.com)

Tune high e string 1/2 step up; tune all other strings 1/2 step down
(low to high Eb Ab Db Gb Bb F)

I'll name the chords by shape, not actual sounding chord
(i.e. E is really Eb, A is really Ab, etc.) When I'm writing the chords
above the verses, I'll usually use an abbreviated version
(E instead of Eadd9, etc.)

Also, due to the altered tuning (high e string) I'm not certain how
to name some of these chords--corrections are welcome.

Intro chords
 Eadd9    Asus2(6)
--0---------0-------
--0---------0-------
--1---------2-------
--2---------2-------
--2---------0-------
--0---------0-------

Intro: Eadd9  Asus2(6)  (play 4x)

Verse chords
 Eadd9  Abm7  C#sus4(7)  B5  Asus2(maj7)
--0------0------0--------0-----2--------
--0------0------0--------0-----0--------
--1------4------6--------4-----2--------
--2------6------6--------4-----2--------
--2------6------4--------2-----0--------
--0------4------------------------------

Verse 1:
         E                 Abm7
         C#            B5                A
           E                 Abm7
            C#              B5                A

Bridge chords
 B5  C#sus4(7)  Abm7  Asus2(6) 
-0-----0---------0------0-----
-0-----0---------0------0-----
-4-----6---------4------2-----
-4-----6---------6------2-----
-2-----4---------6------0-----
-----------------4------------

Bridge 1:
B5                           C#       Abm7    A
B5                           C#       Abm7     A

Chorus chords
 B5  Abm7  Eadd9  Gmaj7  Aadd2(6)  C#sus4(7)  E5add9
-0----0-----0------0------0---------0----------0----
-0----0-----0------0------0---------0----------0----
-4----4-----1------4------6---------6----------9----
-4----6-----2------5------7---------6----------9----
-2----6-----2------5------7---------4----------7----
------4-----0------3------5-------------------------

Chorus:
               B5
            Abm7                 E
     G           A              B5
         C#
E5          G

Verse 2 (same chords as verse 1):
              E                           Abm7
         C#                  B5              A
              E                    Abm7
        C#                B5             A


Bridge 2 (same chords as bridge 1):
B5                        C#      Abm7    A
B5                                   C#          Abm7   A


Chorus (same as above)

Interlude chords
 Abm7  F#add4  Eadd9  Gmaj7  Aadd2(6)
--0-----0-------0------0-------0-----
--0-----0-------0------0-------0-----
--4-----3-------1------4-------6-----
--6-----4-------2------5-------7-----
--6-----4-------2------5-------7-----
--4-----2-------0------3-------5-----

Interlude: Abm7  F#  E
       F#  Abm7  F#  E
       F#  Abm7  F#  E
       F#  G     A


Chorus 2 chords
 B5  Abm7  Eadd9  Gmaj7  Aadd2(6)  C#sus4(7) D#m(aug) E5add9  F#add4 Asus2(6) 
-0----0-----0------0------0---------0---------0---------0-------0------0----
-0----0-----0------0------0---------0---------0---------0-------0------0----
-4----4-----1------4------6---------6---------8---------9-------3------2----
-4----6-----2------5------7---------6---------8---------9-------4------2----
-2----6-----2------5------7---------4---------6---------7-------4------0----
------4-----0------3------5-------------------------------------2-----------

Chorus 2:
            B5
            Abm7                 E
    G           A               B5
        C#                 D#-E

       B5
            Abm7                 E
     G                 A              B5
           C#
                E5
        G             Abm7   F#   E
            Asus2         Abm7 F# E
Asus2                  E   Asus2    E  Asus2
          E          Asus2     E  Asus2

end on Eadd9

Comments about this tab

This song sounds perfect if you're able to tune it correctly, however tuning the e string 1/2 up usually snaps the string. So instead I just tune EADGB down one full step and put a capo on the first fret which makes the exact same sound as is on the cd.
Brian Carter

Great Tab!!! The only thing that I saw was that your Asus2(6) is actually just an Asus2 (the E is the 5th of that key) and you Asus2(maj7) is actually the Asus2(6) because the F is the 6th of the A major scale. Great job!!! Hope you post more!!!