Chord/Tab song: You Say You Don't Love Me

So very catchy, yet a fairly strange structure.
And one of the best guitar solos ever -
single string, quite simple but absolutely perfect!
Amazingly I've never seen a vaguely accurate version of this one before.

Capo 1 to match the original!

Chords


[E]Dmaj7 xx0222
Cmaj7 x32000
Em 022000
G 320003
Bm7 x24230
[F#m]Asus [244222]x02230
A x02220

Riff1

E ----------------|----------------|
B ----------5-4-5-|----------------|
G ----------------|6---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|

Verse 1


NC E
You say you don't love me
Well [A]that's alright with [A/Ab]me 'cos I'm in [E] love with you
And I [A]wouldn't want you [A/Ab]doing things you [E] don't want to do
Oh you [A]know I've always [Dbm]wanted you to [B]be in love with me
And it [A]took so long to [Dbm]realise the [B]way things have to be
D A Dbm (Riff1)
I wanted to live in a dream that couldn't be real
And I'm [D]starting to under-[A]stand now the way that you [B]feel
You [E]say you don't[B]
You [E]say you don't[B]

Verse 2

You say you don't [E]love me
Well [A]that's alright with [A/Ab]me 'cos I have [E] got the time
To [A]wait in case some [A/Ab]day you maybe [E] change your mind
I've de-[A]cided not to [Dbm]make the same mis-[B]takes this time around
As I'm [A]tired of having [Dbm]heartaches I've been [B]thinking and I've found
D A Dbm (Riff1)
I don't want to live in a dream I want something real
And I [D]think I under-[A]stand now the way that you [B]feel
You [E]say you don't[B]
You [E]say you don't [B]
You [E]say you don't[B]

Inst / solo


[E] [A] [A/Ab]

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B 5----------7----|9----------5----|2-----------4-5-|------------2-4-|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|4---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[E] [A] [A/Ab]

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B 5----------7----|9----------5----|2-----------4-5-|------------2-4-|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|4---------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[E] [B]

E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B 5----------7----|9-----9-10-9-10-|12--------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

You [E]say you don't[B]
You [E]say you don't[B]

Verse 3


You say you don't [E]love me
Well [A]that's alright with [A/Ab]me I'm not in [E] love with you
I [A]just want us to [A/Ab]do the things we [E] both want to do
Though I've [A]got this special [Dbm]feeling I'd be [B]wrong to call it love
For the [A]word entails a [Dbm]few things that I [B]would be well rid of
D A Dbm (Riff1)
I've no need to live in a dream it's finally real
And I [D]hope you now under-[A]stand this feeling I [B]feel
You [E]say you don't[B]
You [E]say you don't[B]
You [E]say you don't [E]love me
You say you don't [D]love me
You say you don't [Gbm]love [B]me
[E]
[Mmm]

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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
February 2014

watfordkev@gmail.com