Chord/Tab song: Say It Ain't So Joe

...SAY IT AIN'T SO... by Murray Head

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from 'Say It Ain't So' (1975)

Intro:

D Am, Em C G

Verse 1:

[D] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Am] Say it ain't so,
[Em] That's not what I wanna hear Joe,
Ain't I [C]got a right to [G]know?

[D] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Am] Say it ain't so,
[Em] I'm sure they're,
Telling us lies Joe,
Please [C]tell us it ain't [G]so.

Verse 2:

They [D]told us that our hero,
Has played his trump card;
He [Am]doesn't know how to go on,
We're [Em]clinging to his charm,
And determined smile,
But the [C]good ol' days have [G]gone.

Interlude:

D Am, Em C G

Verse 3:

The [D]image and the Empire,
May be falling apart,
The money has gotten [Am]scarce,
[Em] One man's word,
Held the country together,
But the [C]truth is getting [G]fierce.

[D] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Am] Say it ain't so,
[Em] We pinned our hopes on you Joe,
And they're [C]ruining our [G]show.

Interlude:

D Am, Em C G

Break:

[Bm7] Ooh [F#m]babies,
Don't you [Em]think;
We're gonna get [A]burned?

[Bm7] Ooh [F#m]babies,
Don't you [Em]think;
We're gonna get [Am]burned?
We're gonna get [C]turned,
We're gonna get [Am]learned,
Yes, we're gonna get [C]turned.

[C] We're gonna get [Am]burned
We're gonna get [C]learned,
Yes, we're gonna get [Am]burned.
We're gonna get [C]burned,
We're gonna get [Am]learned,
Yes, we're gonna get [C]turned,
We're gonna get [Am]burned.

KEY CHANGE

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Verse 4:

[E] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Bm] Say it ain't so,
[F#m] That's not what I wanna hear Joe,
Ain't I [D]got a right to [A]know?

[E] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Bm] Say it ain't so,
[F#m] I'm sure they're,
Telling us lies Joe,
Please [D]tell us it ain't [A]so.

Verse 5:

They [E]told us that our hero,
Has played his trump card;
He [Bm]doesn't know how to go on,
We're [F#m]clinging to his charm,
And determined smile,
But the [D]good ol' days have [A]gone.

[E] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Bm] Say it ain't so,
[F#m] We pinned our hopes on you Joe,
And they're [D]ruining our [A]show.

Verse 6:

The [E]image and the Empire,
May be falling apart,
The money has gotten [Bm]scarce,
[F#m] One man's word,
Held the country together,
But the [D]truth is getting [A]fierce.

[E] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Bm] Say it ain't so,
[F#m] That's not what I wanna hear Joe,
Ain't I [D]got a right to [A]know?

[E] Say it ain't so Joe, please,
[Bm] Say it ain't so,
[F#m] I'm sure they're,
Telling us lies Joe,
Please [D]tell us it ain't [A]so.

Outro:

E Bm, F#m D A

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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[D] [Am] [Em] [C] [G]
[EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]022000 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]320003

[Bm7] [F#m] [A] [E] [Bm]
[EADGBE]x24232 [EADGBE]244222 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]022100 [EADGBE]x24432

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)