Say Anything by Say Anything
This is how he played it in an acoustic record store gig. Pretty sure it's 100% right. The chord names aren't
but I just put the fingerings into a online tool to get reference names.
CHORDS USED - Half Step Down Tuning
C5 C5* C/G D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7 Dm7 C* D* F* F5* C G Fsus2
eb|--X----X----X-----X-------X------X--------X--------X---X---X---X-----0---3-----X------|
Bb|--5----X----X-----5-------6------5--------6--------X---X---X---X-----1---0-----1------|
Gb|--5----5----5-----5-------5------5--------5--------X---X---X---10----0---0-----0------|
Db|--X----5----5-----X-------3------3--------X--------X---X---X---X-----2---0-----3------|
Ab|--3----3----3-----5-------X------X--------5--------3---5---8---8-----3---2-----X------|
Eb|--X----X----3-----X-------X------X--------X--------X---X---X---X-----X---3-----X------|
VERSE 1
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
Condemn my race to genocide, if it meant that I could lay with you
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
I’d listen to a piercing squeal on a loop, to make this real with you
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
Forfeit, ground my civil-rights, if it meant I‘d save the life of you
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
I’d spit upon a bible, dear, if it meant I’d stay right here with you
C#/F Fmaj7
CHORUS
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5 (MUTE)
Anything for you
C5* (5x) C/G C5
Anything for you!
VERSE 2
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
If Satan showed up with a gun, threatened “be disloyal I or I'll shoot”
C5 D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7
I’d take it in the kneecaps, rather than to be that guy to you
C* D* F* F5* F* F5*
I’d throw up every morning, pull my nails out, take a wrench to all my teeth
C5 D7sus2 (MUTE) C#/F Fmaj7
To put a ring upon your digit, have you fidget in your bed with me
C#/F Fmaj7
CHORUS
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5
Anything for you
Dm7 (MUTE)
Anything for you!
SOLO/BRIDGE
listen for pattern/number of strums
e|---X/X/X----X--X-----|
B|---X/X/X----6--5-----|
G|---5/7/9----5--5-----| PLAY 2x
D|---X/X/X----3--3-----| THEN PLAY C#/F AND Fmaj7
A|---3/5/7----X--X-----| QUICKLY
E|---X/X/X----X--X-----|
FINAL CHORUS
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5 C#/F Fmaj7
Anything for you
Dm7 C5
Anything for you
Dm7 (MUTE)
Anything for you!
FINAL VERSE
C G Fsus2
I’d condemn my race to genocide
C G
Listen to a piercing squeal
C G Fsus2
If it meant that I could lay with you
C G C
If I could only make this real
