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What Can I Say
Brandi Carlile
Originally recorded Capo 2, but this version should be played Capo 7 if you want to stay in the same key (key of D) as the original
Strum: D D U D U
1 + 2 + 3 +
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Chord Guide |
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3 4 G: 3x0003 |
3 14 Gsus4: 3x0013 |
132 D: xx0232 |
32 1 C: x32010 |
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12 Em: 022000 |
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Intro: / G - - / Gsus4 - - / x4
D G C (2)
Look to the clock on the wall
C G D (2)
Hands hardly moving at all
D G C (2)
I can't stand the state I'm in
C G D Em
Sometimes it feels like the wall's closing in
Chorus 1:
C G D Em C G D Em
Oh Lord what can I say I'm so sad since you went away
C G D Em C G D Em
Time, time, tickin on me Alone is the last place I wanted to be
C D Repeat Intro
Lord what can I say
D G C (2)
Try and burn my troubles away
C G D (2)
Drown my sorrows same way
D G C (2)
It seems no matter how hard I try
C G D Em
It feels like there's something just missing inside
Chorus 2:
C G D Em C G D Em
Oh Lord what can I say I'm so sad since you went away
C G D Em C G D Em
Time, time, tickin on me Alone is the last place I wanted to be
C D Em (2) C D Repeat Intro
Lord what can I say Oh, Lord, what can I say
D G C (2)
How many rules can I break
C G D (2)
How many lies can I make
D G C (2)
How many roads must I turn
C G D Em
To find me a place where the bridge hasn't burned
Chorus 2, skip last line
Chorus 2
Hold last G of Intro
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.