Say Yes Chords

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Difficulty:	advanced
Tuning:	D G C F A D
Capo:	no capo

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5 contributors total, last edit on Nov 8, 2022

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Chords

D#maj7

Gmaj7/F#

Em7

F6sus2

G5/D

Asus2

G6/B

C/G

Strumming

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D tuning (DGCFAd)
 
Verses/Bridge       Verse 4
G        3x0033     D#maj7 xx1033
Gmaj7/F# 2x0033     Em7    xx2033
Em       0x2000     F6sus2 xx3033
D        xx0232     G5/D   xx0033
C        x32010     Asus2  x02200
G6/B     x20030     Am     x02210
A        x02220     G6     3x0000
A7       x02020     G6*    3x0200  \
C/G      332010     F      133200  |- these chord names are heavily simplified
                    F*     133000  /
                    Em*    022000
                    Cm     8-10-10-8-8-8
 
For most of the song, you hit the bass note of the chord a couple times before strumming the rest.
 
[Verse 1]
G           Gmaj7/F#      Em
   I'm in love with the world
              D         C
Through the eyes of a girl
               G6/B            A
Who's still around the morning after
G            Gmaj7/F#    Em
   We broke up a month ago
        D            C
I grew up I didn't know
          G6/B            A
I'd be around the morning after
 
[Instrumental]
G Gmaj7/F# Em D
C G6/B A A
 
[Verse 2]
G                Gmaj7/F#      Em
   It's always been wait and see
         D                C
A happy day and then you pay
                G6/B           A
And feel like shit the morning after
G              Gmaj7/F#      Em
   But now I feel changed around
         D            C
And instead falling down
              G6/B          A
I'm standing up the morning after
 
[Bridge]
C      D                  Em
  Situtations get fucked up
              G             A7 A7 C/G C/G
But turned around sooner or laaaaater
 
[Verse 3]
G           Gmaj7/F#    Em
   I could be another fool
          D              C
Or an exception to the rule
          G6/B          A
You tell me the morning after
 
[Verse 4] (for that Asus2-Am part, switch chords after each strum)
G           D#maj7             Em7
  Crooked spin can't come to rest
    F6sus2           Em7
I'm damaged bad at best
          G5/D          C
She'll decide what she wants
G                D#maj7           Em7
  I'll probably be the last to know
       F6sus2           Em7
No one says until it shows
    G5/D   Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am Asus2 Am
See how it is
     G6   G6* F  F*   Em    Cm
They want you or they don't,   say yes
 
[Verse 5]
G           Gmaj7/F#      Em
   I'm in love with the world
              D         C
Through the eyes of a girl
               G6/B            A
Who's still around the morning after
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27 comments

Hey great tab. The only thing that I think sounds more accurate would be F#/D (2x0323) where Gmaj7 is, and Em7 where E is. That's just how I play it. Thanks!

The A7 at the bottom is actually that Cm chord, and it's more easily played as X35543.

what you have listed as F9/5flat is actually just a G7 chord (but the F note sticks out during because of the ascending progression). Your voicing is correct, but I would just call it a G7. (323003) Also, instead of Em7 in the verse, I play G/B (x20033)