[Verse 1]
Am G
If I tell you what I really want, you just say shut up
C
You don't really want to hear it, no
Am
I try to be resolute, you reduce it down to cute
Em
I tell you you're a coward, you say I'm a prostitute
G
When the mascara's dried
C
I know you've got something to hide
C Am
Can't you just say it, say it, say it, say it one time
Em
Speak your mind, ooh
C Am
Say it, say it, say it, always show up with someone else
Em
What's it like when you're yourself?
[Verse 2]
Am
I'll tell you what I want, but I keep it kind of cryptic
Em
I'm a zoetrope cipher on the tip of a triptych
G
Tell you what you want
Am
Tell you what I need, but I'll hate you if you miss it
Em
I'd like to take a stranger’s face in my
G
hands and kiss the taste of nowhere to hide
C
Yeah, the taste of nowhere to hide
[Pre-Chorus]
G G G G
[Chorus]
C Am
I want you to say it, say it, say it, say it one time
Em
Speak your mind, ooh
C Am
Say it, say it, say it, here comes the breakdown
Em
What's it like when there's no one else?
G Am
Say it, say it, say it, what's going on here
Em
I swear you'll disappear if you don't
G Am
Say it, say it, say it, take it down now to the car
Em
We'll speak no more
Am
You're just a cheap lout
G
You're just an escape route
C
But you know, you know, you know
It makes me try again
[Interlude]
(with the talking sample)
G C (play over and over [and over and over {and over}])
[Outro]
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
G C
Say what you mean
