[Verse 1]
If I [Am]tell you what I really want, you just say [G]shut up
You don't really want to [C]hear it, no
I try to be [Am]resolute, you reduce it down to cute
I [Em]tell you you're a coward, you say I'm a prostitute
When the [G]mascara's dried
I know you've got [C]something to hide
Can't you just [C]say it, say it, say it, say it o[Am]ne time
Spe[Em]ak your mind, ooh
[C]Say it, say it, say it, always show up with s[Am]omeone else
What's it like when y[Em]ou're yourself?
[Verse 2]
I'll [Am]tell you what I want, but I keep it kind of cryptic
I'm a [Em]zoetrope cipher on the tip of a triptych
Tell you [G]what you want
[Am]Tell you what I need, but I'll hate you if you miss it
I'd [Em]like to take a stranger's face in my
hands and kiss the taste of [G]nowhere to hide
Yeah, the taste of [C]nowhere to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[Chorus]
I want you to [C]say it, say it, say it, say it [Am]one time
[Em]Speak your mind, ooh
[C]Say it, say it, say it, here comes the b[Am]reakdown
What's it li[Em]ke when there's no one else?
[G]Say it, say it, say it, what's going [Am]on here
I [Em]swear you'll disappear if you don't
[G]Say it, say it, say it, take it down now [Am]to the car
We'll [Em]speak no more
You're just a [Am]cheap lout
You're just an es[G]cape route
But you [C]know, you know, you know
It makes me try again
[Interlude]
(with the talking sample)
G C (play over and over [and over and over ])
[Outro]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean [C]
If I [Am]tell you what I really want, you just say [G]shut up
You don't really want to [C]hear it, no
I try to be [Am]resolute, you reduce it down to cute
I [Em]tell you you're a coward, you say I'm a prostitute
When the [G]mascara's dried
I know you've got [C]something to hide
Can't you just [C]say it, say it, say it, say it o[Am]ne time
Spe[Em]ak your mind, ooh
[C]Say it, say it, say it, always show up with s[Am]omeone else
What's it like when y[Em]ou're yourself?
[Verse 2]
I'll [Am]tell you what I want, but I keep it kind of cryptic
I'm a [Em]zoetrope cipher on the tip of a triptych
Tell you [G]what you want
[Am]Tell you what I need, but I'll hate you if you miss it
I'd [Em]like to take a stranger's face in my
hands and kiss the taste of [G]nowhere to hide
Yeah, the taste of [C]nowhere to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
[G] [G] [G] [G]
[Chorus]
I want you to [C]say it, say it, say it, say it [Am]one time
[Em]Speak your mind, ooh
[C]Say it, say it, say it, here comes the b[Am]reakdown
What's it li[Em]ke when there's no one else?
[G]Say it, say it, say it, what's going [Am]on here
I [Em]swear you'll disappear if you don't
[G]Say it, say it, say it, take it down now [Am]to the car
We'll [Em]speak no more
You're just a [Am]cheap lout
You're just an es[G]cape route
But you [C]know, you know, you know
It makes me try again
[Interlude]
(with the talking sample)
G C (play over and over [and over and over ])
[Outro]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean[C]
Say what you [G]mean [C]