More Than Words
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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
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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 |
How to play More Than Words
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.