What Can I Say chords by Brandi Carlile

Chords with lyrics

From BoB Mulkern at [email protected]

What Can I Say ~V Brandi Carlile performance, track 2
on the ~SBrandi Carlile~T CD, written by her fellow
guitarist and backup vocalist Tim Hanseroth

A augmentedA beautiful tune ~V can sound a little churchy or
gospel like if played to sincerely. Please note I have
scripted three separate bridges since she omits the B minorBm
resolve in the first bridge and repeats the whole
bridge (with both B minorBm and D MajorD resolutions) twice at the
end of the tune. One may also fine it easier to go
from the bar chord B minorBm to a bar chord G, rather than to
a standard open G+G (with or w/o BB string D MajorD), when
transitioning from verse to bridge or within a bridge.
This is of course my own transcription of the tune,
BoB Mulkern.

Intro: D, Dsus, D, Dsus~E(till you~Rre ready to drop
into the song with a plunge to the A augmentedA chord (DsusDsus = D MajorD
with the little finger hitting a G+G note on the high E MajorE
string instead of the F#F#)

Verse 1

A augmentedA      D MajorD      G+G
Look to the clock on the wall
G+G      D MajorD     A augmentedA
Hands hardly moving at all
A augmentedA    D MajorD        G+G
I can~Rt stand the state I~Rm in
G+G       D MajorD       A augmentedA       B minorBm
Sometimes it feels like the wall~Rs closing in

Bridge 1

G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA     B minorBm
Oh Lord what can I say
G+G    D MajorD     A augmentedA    B minorBm
I~Rm so sad since you went away
G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA    B minorBm
Time time tickin on me
G+G      D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
G+G   A augmentedA     D MajorD
Lord what can I say

D, Dsus,~Eetc till you~Rre ready

Verse 2

A augmentedA    D MajorD        G+G
Try and burn my troubles away
G+G    D MajorD        A augmentedA
Drown my sorrows (the) same way
A augmentedA      D MajorD        G+G
It seems no matter how hard I try
G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA    B minorBm
It feels like there~Rs something just missing inside

Bridge 2

G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA     B minorBm
Oh Lord what can I say
G+G    D MajorD     A augmentedA    B minorBm
I~Rm so sad since you went away
G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA    B minorBm
Time time tickin on me
G+G      D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
G+G   A augmentedA     B minorBm
Lord what can I say
G+G  A augmentedA     D MajorD
Oh what can I say

D, Dsus, D, Dsus, etc~E

Verse 3

A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G
How many rules can I break
G+G     D MajorD     A augmentedA
How many lies can I make
A augmentedA     D MajorD      G+G
How many roads must I turn
G+G      D MajorD       A augmentedA        B minorBm
To find me a place where the bridge hasn~Rt burned

Bridge 3 (repeat twice)

G+G  D MajorD  A augmentedA     B minorBm
Oh Lord what can I say
G+G    D MajorD     A augmentedA    B minorBm
I~Rm so sad since you went away
G+G   D MajorD  A augmentedA    B minorBm
Time time tickin on me
G+G      D MajorD      A augmentedA     B minorBm
Alone is the last place I wanted to be
G+G   A augmentedA     B minorBm
Lord what can I say
G+G  A augmentedA     D MajorD
Oh what can I say

End: D, Dsus, D, Dsus, etc~E


Hope you enjoy it! BoB M

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