More Than Words

INTRO: G... Cadd9... Am7... C... C.D. G... VERSE: G Cadd9 Saying I love you is Am7 C D G not the words I want to hear from you G Cadd9 It's not that I want you Am7 C D Em not to say but if you only knew Bm7 Am7 Ho-ow ea-sy D G D/F# Em It would be to show me how you feel Bm7 Am7 D7 G7 More than words is all you have to do G7 C To make it real C Cm G Then you wouldn't have to say Em7 That you love me 'cos Am7 D7 G I'd already know BRIDGE: G D/F# Em Bm C What would you do if my heart was torn in two C G/B Am7 D7 G More than words to show you feel that your love for me is real G D/F# Em7 Bm7 C What would you say if I took those words away? C G/B Am7 Then you couldn't make things new D7 G Just by saying I love you (Repeat intro x2) VERSE 2 Now that I've tried to Talk to you and make you understand All that you have to do is Close your eyes and just reach out your hands And touch me Hold me close don't ever let me go More than words Is all I ever needed you to show Then you wouldn't have to say That you love me Cos I'd All Ready Know ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tap the guitar on 2 and 4 beats of each measure with all four fingers of right hand each two dashes counts for one eigth note --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | --0-----3------- | --0---2---3---3- | --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3---1- | --1-------1---1- | --1---3---3---3- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------0------- | ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3---0- | ------0-0-0---3- | ---------------- | 3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- | ^tap ^tap ^tap ^tap (get the idea?) --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | --0-----3------- | --0---2---3---3- | --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3---1- | --1-------1---1- | --1---3-------3- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3---0- | ------0-0-0---3- | --------0------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- | these two lines are what I'm gonna call the "intro line". play it once for intro. play it again for the first part of verse "Sayin 'I love you' is not the words I want to hear from you It's not that I want you, not to say but if you only knew" on "knew", instead of playing the last eigth note in the intro line, you play 0- | instead of 3- | -- | 3- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0- | 3- | the next part of the verse: --0------------- | --------3-0----- | 2-----2---2---3- | --3------------- | --0---0---0----- | --1-----1-1----- | 3-----3---3---3- | --3---3---3---0- | ------0---0----- | --0------------- | ---------------- | ------2---2---0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 0-----0---0----- | ---------------- | --------------0- | --------0-0---0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------0---0----- | ---------------- | --------------3- | --3---2---2---0- | --0------------- | --------3-3----- | ------0---2---1- | --1---1---1---0- | --0---0---0---1- | --1-----1-1----- | ------3---3----- | --0---0---0---1- | ------0---0---0- | --0------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 0-----0--------- | ---------------- | ------2---2---0- | --0---0-0-0---0- | ---------------- | ------2---2---3- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- | --3------------- | --------0-0----- | ---------------- | --3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---3----- | --------1-1---4- | --4-----4-4---2- | --3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---3----- | --------------0- | --0-----0-0---0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------2--------- | ------3-3-3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | ---------------- | --2-------2----- | ---------------- | --------------3- | ------3-3-3-2-0- | ---------------- | 0 (strum) | 2 (strum) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | <---- 1st time through 0 | x | x | x | I'd al - rea - dy | <-- lyrics included just so you know where we are in the song 0 | 2 4 | 1 | 1 3 | 0 | 2 4 | 2 | 0 3 | <--- second time through 0 | x x | x | x x | chorus..... --3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2---0---0-2----- | ----------2----- | --3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 3-------3-----0- | ----------3---1- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------4-----2- | ------2--------- | ------2--------- | ---------------- | --2---2-------3- | 3-------------3- | --------------0- | 2-------2-----0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --2-------2---3- | --1-----1-1---1- | --1---1---1---1- | --1-----------3- | --3-------3---3- | --0-----0-0---0- | --0---0---0---0- | --0-----------2- | ------2--------- | --2------------- | --------------2- | ----2---------0- | ------0--------- | --------3-3---3- | --3---3---3---0- | ----0-0-0-0----- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- | --3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2---0---0-2----- | ----------2----- | --3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 3-------3-----0- | ----------3---1- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------2--------- | ------2--------- | ---------------- | --2---2-4-----3- | --------------3- | ---------------- | 2-------2-----0- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------3------- | 2 (strum) | --1-----1-1---1- | --1---1---1---1- | --1-----1-1----- | 1 | --0-----0-0---0- | --0---0---0---0- | --0-----0-0----- | 2 | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 0 | --3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---2---0- | ------0-0-0----- | x | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | | 2 (strum) | 1 | 2 | 0 | x | x | end chorus after first verse, play intro line up to the Am7 chord (end of sixth measure)..do not play the last tab of the sixth measure either.. instead... strum two chords as a lead in to the secon verse... 0 (strum) | 2 (strum) | 1 | 1 (strum) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | x | x | (repeat above for second verse up to end chorus) repeat the intro line twice (for the la di da's...) --------3------- | --------0------- | --------0------- | ----------0----- | ----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | --------0---0--- | --0---0-----0--- | --2---2-----2--- | --2---2-----2--- | ------2-------2- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ----2----------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --2------------- | 3-------------3- | 2-------------2- | 1-------------1- | 0--------------- | --------0------- | ------1---1----- | ----0-------0--- | --2-----------2- | 0--------------- | ---------------- | now comes the tricky part.... (start instrumental) the (+) above the note indicates a hard tap with the picking hand..these are on the notes on the "high" frets. the rest of the notes following the pound with the pickinhg hand are slurred. pluck the first note and pound the rest with the left hand. 8th..... 16th ....................................... + -------- 2--- 3--- 5--- 17-- 5--- 3--- 2--- 3--- 5--- -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 32nd notes (all of them until the headstock grab) played on high e string + + + + + 15 5-3-2-3-5- 17 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5- 14 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5- + + + + + 14 5-3-2-3-5- 12 5-3-2-3-5- 8- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-2-0-2-0- 3-0-3-0- ---- ------ ---- ---- -------- 2-0- ------ ---- ---- -------- ---- 0-2-0- ---- ---- then grab headstock and wobble it for -------- ---- ------ 2-0- ---- tremolo (use an Em chord) -------- ---- ------ ---- 2-0- (end instrumental) --------3------- | ----3-------3--- | ----3----------- | 0-3-5-3--------- | ------3---3----- | 3-----3-3-----3- | 3-----3-------1- | ---------------- | ----0-------0--- | --0------------- | ------------0--- | ---------------- | --0------------- | ----------0----- | --0-------2----- | ---------------- | --------------2- | 3-------2------- | 1-------0------- | ---------------- | 3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 3 (strum) | 3 | 0 | 0 | x | 3 |