Say It Ain't So Joe Murray Head
...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]
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[Bm7] [F#m] [A] [E] [Bm]
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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