Say That Again

Words and music by Neil Finn. Copyright © 2007 Roundhead Music. Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Tom Johnstone

This is one of my favorites from the new album. It has the same kind of dark, but inviting quality that Radiohead often has (especially the bridge).

Until there's a live version of this one available, I won't be 100% confident in what I've written here. The acoustic guitar is shoved way to the side in the mix, and even after isolating it with software, it's pretty hard to hear it well. The only part I'm pretty sure of is the verse; after that I'm basically going on what's implied, though it's probably not exactly what Neil is playing.

Some of these chords are real finger-twisters, if you have medium- to small-sized hands. D9 is especially hard, but it makes sense; from what I can hear Neil keeps the C and E constant on the top two strings, like a pedal point. D6 will also work in those spots, and it's a lot simpler.


Capo 3rd fret

 

Intro

C6   C6#4   B7susb9   Bm11b9

C6

Verse

C6              C6#4
Say that again, I won't forget

B7susb9         Bm11b9       C6
The phrase that turned in my head

C6                C6#4
And at the start, it makes no sense

  B7susb9   Bm11b9  C6
A long time left to understand

C6           C6#4       Cmaj13      C6#4
There on the shore, the girl that I adore

    C6        D9          E
She combs her hair on the sand

Chorus

       C6                            D9                            
Yeah I know, you've got to fight the plan

                       E
You've got to bend the rules

       C6                              D9
Yeah I know, you've got to be your own man

                        E
You've got to break the rules

(Repeat Verse and Chorus)

 

Bridge


Fmaj7    B11/D#          E
Midnight standing in the shadows

   Em            D6       C
As haunting as a reckless escape

Fmaj7       B11/D#          E   
Bad days of crawling on the sidewalk

    Em            D6              C
You stare on in a mansion for the weekend

   C            D6             E
We go on making moments last a lifetime

   C              D6          E
We live on in the promises we keep

Inst. Break


C6   C6#4   B7susb9   Bm11b9

C6

C6            C6#4       Cmaj13     C6#4
The hint of a smile, the accidental rhyme

     C6       D9     E
That captured me the first time

(Repeat Chorus)


      C6                              D9
And I know, you've got to be your own man

                            E
You've got to make your own rules


Fmaj7   B11/D#   E

Em      D6       C

Fmaj7   B11/D#   E

Em      D6       C


C             D6             E
No one making moments last a lifetime

   C              D6         E
We live on in the company we keep

   C     D6   E
We go on


C6   C6#4   B7susb9   Bm11b9

C6

 


Chords


C6          x35210
C6#4        x34210
B7susb9     x22210
Bm11b9      x20210
Cmaj13      x35200
D9          x54210
Fmaj7       133210
B11/D#      xx1200
D6          xx0202