He Said She Said chords by Loudon Wainwright

Chords with lyrics

Here is a transcription of 'He Said, She Said' by Loudon Wainwright III.
(Possibly the USA's most underated singer songwriter?)
It is transcribed from a TV performance on 'Loudon & Co' transmitted
13 July 1994 here in the UK.

It was played with a capo at the second fret and using barre chords for
the C# minorC#m A augmentedA and B. The A augmentedA and BB chords are played with the E-shape at the 7th
and 9th frets. (? due to the capo?). The C# minorC#m is played with an A-minor-shape
at the 4th fret.

There is only one slight complication which I will try and explain which
is marked in the text as 'C riff' because I don't know how else to describe
it.

He starts with a normal three fingered C majorC chord but emphasising the 5th string
and using a little progression down to the 6th string before the next chord
which is the E MajorE or B.

  0 0 0 0
  1 1 1 1
  0 0 0 0
  2 0 0 0
  3 2 0 0
  x x x 3

So for example the sequence is:

 3[5]  2[5] 0[5] 3[6]  E-chord     3[5] 2[5] 0[5] 3[6] B-chord
 Please do  not talk  softly.  When carr y  ing your stick

Had I known how difficult this was going to be to explain I may never
have started :-) Anyway here we go. Hope you like it.


He Said, She Said                    Loudon Wainwright III
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Capo II

C# minorC#m    A augmentedA    C# minorC#m   A augmentedA    E MajorE

Lets ..
C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
She ..
 C# minorC#m       A augmentedA     E MajorE
 While ..
C# minorC#m                 A augmentedA
He ..
 C# minorC#m    A augmentedA         E MajorE
 She ..
C majorC riff       E MajorE
"Please ..
 C majorC riff       BB
 "When..
C# minorC#m            A augmentedA
He ..
 C# minorC#m    A augmentedA        BB
 She ..

C# minorC#m            A augmentedA
She ..
 C# minorC#m   A augmentedA       E MajorE
 He ..
C# minorC#m           A augmentedA
Just ..
 C# minorC#m   A augmentedA       E MajorE
 But ..
C majorC riff    E MajorE
I'm ...
 C majorC riff    BB
 I ..
C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
She ..
 C# minorC#m A augmentedA       E MajorE
 That ..


[Guitar Break]
C majorC riff   E MajorE
C majorC riff   BB
C# minorC#m  A augmentedA  (D MajorD A augmentedA)
C# minorC#m  A augmentedA  E MajorE


C# minorC#m           A augmentedA
The ..
 C# minorC#m       A augmentedA        E MajorE
 While ..
C# minorC#m                A augmentedA
He ..
 C# minorC#m       A augmentedA        E MajorE
 She ..
C majorC riff    E MajorE
Maybe ..
 C majorC riff       BB
 "I ..
C# minorC#m       A augmentedA
You ..
 C# minorC#m    A augmentedA       BB
 With ...

C# minorC#m             A augmentedA
She ..
 C# minorC#m     A augmentedA    E MajorE
 She ..
C# minorC#m              A augmentedA
He ..
 C# minorC#m  A augmentedA        BB
 That's ..
C majorC riff             E MajorE
Then ...
 C majorC riff            BB
 You ...
C# minorC#m      A augmentedA
I ...
 C# minorC#m A augmentedA        E MajorE
 Just ..!
C# minorC#m      A augmentedA
I ..
 C# minorC#m A augmentedA        E MajorE
 Just ..

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