Moody Blues - Say What You Mean Pt 1 Chords

[Intro 1]
N.C.
Drums for 8 hits.
 
[Intro 2]
Am                   D/A
Say what you mean,
Am                   D/A
mean what you say.
 
[Verse 1]
Am
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
D/A
think about the words that you're using.
Am
Speak for yourself, say what's on your mind,
D/A
think about the life that you're choosing
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G/B            C              G/B               C
  Whenever you need somebody,   whenever you're looking
                 Am         D                        E         E
for somebody who knows when trouble won't leave you alone.
 
[Verse 2]
Am
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
D/A
look into the world of tomorrow,
Am
Say what you want, want what is true,
D/A
check out of the room, full of sorrow.
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G/B            C                 G/B            C
  I'm ready to take you with me,   I'm ready to be the one who's there
        Am               D                   E         E
by your side when you've just got nowhere to hide.
 
[Bridge 1]
     F       G                     F       G
And, oh, the angels will walk with you whenever you need them.
F         G                     F                 G
Yeah, the glory that comes with love, yeah, yeah, yeah.
     F       G                       F      G
And, oh, the treasure that waits for us whenever we need it.
F      G                  F           G
Now, I just can't hold it back, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
[Verse 3]
    Am
The work and the pain, the thunder and the rain,
    D/A
the word of the earth has been spoken.
    Am
The bird on the wing, free as the wind,
D/A
knowing that the spell has been broken.
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
G/B          C                   G/B            C
Now, you can laugh with meaning,   now, you can throw away the cloak of
   Am           D                     E         E
disguise as you turn your face to the sky.
 
[Verse 4]
    Am
The blue of the night, the secrets of the light,
    D/A
the touch of the hand that can lead you.
  Am
I known you recognize the shiver of surprise,
D/A
then you realize that he's seen you.
 
[Pre-Chorus 4]
G/B        C                        G/B          C
  Into the strange unknown of love,   standing before me,
                   Am            D                     E         E
now your nakedness shows, now, I just can't leave you alone.
 
[Bridge 2]
F       G                     F     G
Oh, I'm ready to take you now   whenever you want to
F            G                  F                G
go, yeah, my heart is there for you, yeah, yeah, yeah.
     A       G/B                   A
And, oh, the glory that comes with love,
    G/B              A    G/B                 A
for always and ever, now, now you can feel me love,
            A
yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
 
[Ending] (very ritenuto from line 2)
Bm                 Bm
Say what you mean, mean what you say,
E/B
tell me about the love that you're feeling.
E/B                       E           E*
Say what you mean what you say.