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Can't Say What I Mean - Kaiser Chiefs
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Tuning: standard
Intro:
C#
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|--6--|
D|--6--|
A|--4--|
E|-----|
Also the chord through all the verse if you wan’t to play it like the keyboard.
Pre-chorus:
What I Mean....
C# E C# E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|
D|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
The first time when this is played without going into the chorus
you don’t play the E at the end just continue with the C#
It’s tempting to match the keyboard rhythm on this but guitar doesn’t seem to do that.
Chorus:
Meheheeeennnnn...
G#m
e|-4-4-4-X--4-4-4-X-|
B|-4-4-4-X--4-4-4-X-|
G|-4-4-4-X--4-4-4-X-|
D|-6-6-6-X--6-6-6-X-|
A|-6-6-6-X--6-6-6-X-|
E|-4-4-4-X--4-4-4-X-| etc then to C#
C#
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------| etc then back to G#m
End of the chorus:
What a face...
C#D#E
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-8-9-9998-6-666-8-9-9998-6-666-8-9-9999999999999-8-4----|
D|-6-8-9-9998-6-666-8-9-9998-6-666-8-9-9999999999999-8-4----|
A|-4-6-7-7776-4-444-6-7-7776-4-444-6-7-7777777777777-6-6----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
This isn’t played on the first chorus.
Riff on the last verse:
Great things...
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--6-6-4-6-4------------------------------|
D|------------6-6-6-4-6-4------------------|
A|------------------------8-8-8-6-8-6-4~---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
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