by the Weepies
Original Recording is in the Key of A#.
The following tab has been transposed to the key of C.
If you want to play in A#, just move your capo to the 10th fret.
Each line is four beats except when noted by an "|" symbol.
Tab for Verse:
[C] [F] [C] [F]
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---1-1-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---1-1-|
|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----2-----0-----------|-3-----2-----0-----------|
|-------------------1-----|-------------------1-----|
Tab for Chorus:
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Am]
|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|
|----0-0---0-0---1-1---1-1-|----0-0---0-0---1-1---1-1-|
|----0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2-|----0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2-|
|----2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|----2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|
|--------2-----0-----------|--------2-----0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
C F | C F
[C]I've been away [F]
[C]a year and a day[F]
[C]You recognize love after the [F]fact
[C]You did what you did and that was that[F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em G | C F | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
[C]Looking back now[F]
[C]I only wish I had been kinder[F]
Did I [C]ever know love, did I ever know [F]love?
[C]And could I have been blinder?[F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em G | C F | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
[Em]Don't hold [Am]back
[Em]all your [Am]love
F | G
for someday, for someday
[C]I would say that I'm sorry[F]
[C]if it would do any good[F]
[C]But to never regret means you have to for[F]get
[C]and I don't think that I could [F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em | Em
When I'm gone, When I'm gone,
Em G | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
C F | C F | C F | C
Original Recording is in the Key of A#.
The following tab has been transposed to the key of C.
If you want to play in A#, just move your capo to the 10th fret.
Each line is four beats except when noted by an "|" symbol.
Tab for Verse:
[C] [F] [C] [F]
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---1-1-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---1-1-|
|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-|---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2-|---0-0---0-0---0-0---2-2-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----2-----0-----------|-3-----2-----0-----------|
|-------------------1-----|-------------------1-----|
Tab for Chorus:
[Em] [Am] [Em] [Am]
|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|
|----0-0---0-0---1-1---1-1-|----0-0---0-0---1-1---1-1-|
|----0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2-|----0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2-|
|----2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|----2-2---2-2---2-2-2-----|
|--------2-----0-----------|--------2-----0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
C F | C F
[C]I've been away [F]
[C]a year and a day[F]
[C]You recognize love after the [F]fact
[C]You did what you did and that was that[F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em G | C F | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
[C]Looking back now[F]
[C]I only wish I had been kinder[F]
Did I [C]ever know love, did I ever know [F]love?
[C]And could I have been blinder?[F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em G | C F | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
[Em]Don't hold [Am]back
[Em]all your [Am]love
F | G
for someday, for someday
[C]I would say that I'm sorry[F]
[C]if it would do any good[F]
[C]But to never regret means you have to for[F]get
[C]and I don't think that I could [F]
[Em]Don't say [Am]words
[Em]that you don't [Am]mean
Em | Em
When I'm gone, When I'm gone,
Em G | C F
When I'm gone, please speak well of me
C F | C F | C F | C