Tell Her What I Said
The Sadies, Darker Circles
Am Em | Em Em
G Em
I look so much older
D Bm
Most times the pills take away all my dreams
C G
And there’s so much I never told her
Em D
Her eyes are so pretty they can’t even see
Am Em
That it’s more than I’m used to
G D
Lately it all weighs so heavy on me
Am Em
So I do what I have to
G D
The little that’s left of me gets on all right
Am Em
But I’m too sick and tired to put up a fight
G D
I turn to oblivion night after night
Am
I wait right here
Am
Smoking and drinking
Am
And smoking and
C* C C | C C | C C | C C | Am Em | Em Em [2x]
Dropping
G Em
When the mind is forsaken
D Bm
The body’s abandoned and the spirit turns black
C G
If I never awaken
Em D
At least then I’ll have all the answers I lack
Am Em
You’re the last one I’ll turn to and
G D
Someday I promise that I’ll get you back
Am Em
And I’ll do what I have to
G D
The little that’s left of me gets on all right
Am Em
But I’m too sick and tired to put up a fight
G D
I turn to oblivion night after night
Am
I’ll wait right here
Am
Smoking and drinking
Am
And smoking and
C* C C | C C | C C | C C | Am Em | Em Em
Dropping
C C | C C | C C | C C | Am G [mandolin:
G G | G G/F# | Em Em | G G | C C | G G/F# | Em Em | G G | C C]
G G/F# Em
We all thought we’d be someone
G C
One man’s promise means nothing
G/F#
Against the will of his god
Em C
You can’t serve two masters
G
No matter the cause
G F# Em
We all thought we were someone
G C
Will you take redemption
G/F# Em
Or watch me fall down from grace?
G C
I’ve seen all seven devils
G
And I’m not afraid
G/F# Em
We all thought we were somewhere
Em Em | G G | C C | G G/F# | Em Em | G G | C C
G G/F# Em
We all thought we’d be someone
Em Em | G G | C C | G G/F# | Em Em | G G | C C | G G/F#m | Em . . .
*you can play any C here; I have not the competence to figure out what dallas or travis
is actually doing, but to imitate it I go straight from 1st position Am to a partial C
at the 8th position (see below), and noodle around on that and it sounds good enough.
where the song shifts, around the mandolin break, you abbreviate that progression 2nd
time around and go right to G. the mandolin break [in brackets] can be skipped if no mandolin
is present, but it helps shift into the walkdown patterns that I’m indicating with the
G/F#--which is a walkdown from G to Em. I can only approximate those; play along with
the song to get the timing. I love this band and this is one of their great songs.
thanks to my friend jp who gave me the chords to start with.
E----0--------------|
B------8------------|
G--------9----------|
D----------10-------|
A----X--------------|
E----X--------------|
