Daughtry – what I meant to say
Tabbed by: Sanjeev George and Thomas George
Email: Sanjeevgeorge123@yahoo.co.in
Tabbed and submitted to and for www.ultimate-guitar.com only, the site for all your tab needs.
This is mainly tabbed for 2 guitars; perhaps 3 have been usedÂ…..itÂ’s real hard to
make out some of the licks, especially in the chorusÂ….hope its right. please rate.
Tuning:1/2 step down
Intro
Guitar 1eb|----------------------------------------------|Bb|----------------------------------------------|Gb|--6---6-6-------------------------------------|Db|--6---6-6-------6-6------7-7------4-----------| x 2Ab|--4-4-4-4-------6-6------7-7------4-----------|Eb|------------4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2---------| . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2eb|----------------------------------------------|Bb|---------------7-9---7------------------------|Gb|--6---9-8v---9---------9-6--8-9-8-------------|Db|----6-----------------------------9-----------|Ab|----------------------------------------------|Eb|----------------------------------------------|
eb|----------------------------------------------|Bb|---------------7-9---7------------------------|Gb|--6---9-8v---9---------9-6--8-9-8---6v--------|Db|----6-----------------------------9-----------|Ab|----------------------------------------------|Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Verse 1 Guitar 1eb|----------------------------------------------|Bb|----------------------------------------------|Gb|--6---6-6-------------------------------------|Db|--6---6-6-------6-6------7-7------4-----------| x 4Ab|--4-4-4-4-------6-6------7-7------4-----------|Eb|------------4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2---------| . . . . . . . .(“i woke up today……….”)
Guitar 2 fades in just before chorus startseb|--9----11---------|Bb|----12----12------|Gb|------------------|Db|------------------|Ab|------------------|Eb|------------------|
ChorusGuitar 1eb|---------------------------------------------|Bb|---------------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------------------------|Db|--77777777--22222222--99999999--44444444-----|Ab|--77777777--22222222--99999999--44444444-----|Eb|--55555555--00000000--77777777--22222222-----|
eb|---------------------------------|Bb|---------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------------|Db|--77777777--22222222--99999999---|Ab|--77777777--22222222--99999999---|Eb|--55555555--00000000--77777777---|
eb|-------------------------------|Bb|-------------------------------|Gb|--77777777---------------------|Db|--77777777--7777--9999---------|Ab|--55555555--7777--9999---------|Eb|------------5555--7777---------| (“.i know i said i’m sorry…..”)
Guitar 2
These may not be entirely correct, may vary a little here and there
eb|-----------------11-12-11-------|Bb|--------------------------12----|Gb|--------------------------------|Db|--13-14-13----------------------| x 2Ab|-----------14-------------------|Eb|--------------------------------|
eb|-----11-12p11-12p11-12p11-----------------------------------------|Bb|--12----------------------12--------------------------------------|Gb|-----------------------------14-------13-14p13-14p13-14p13-13-----|Db|-----------------------------------14-------------------------14--|Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------|Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------11-12-11-------|Bb|--------------------------12----|Gb|--------------------------------|x 2Db|--13-14-13----------------------| Ab|-----------14-------------------|Eb|--------------------------------|
eb|-----11-12p11-12p9-12p9-12p11---|Bb|--12----------------------------|Gb|--------------------------------|Db|--------------------------------|Ab|--------------------------------|Eb|--------------------------------|
eb|--12----12----12----12----12----12-----12----12--------|Bb|-----10----10----10----10----12----12-----14----14-----|Gb|-------------------------------------------------------|Db|-------------------------------------------------------|Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Then repeat the intro
Verse 2 same chords as verse 1
SoloGuitar 2eb|-----------------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------------|Gb|--11b13—11b13r--9-8v—9p8--6-8b9r8---6----------|Db|----------------------------------9----9p6-----|Ab|-----------------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------------------19b21vv---|Bb|-------------------------17tr-16tr-19tr-17tr-----------|Gb|------6-8p6---6+---------------------------------------|Db|--6-9-------9-------6/16-------------------------------|Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1eb|----------------------------------------------|Bb|----------------------------------------------|Gb|--6---6-6-------------------------------------|Db|--6---6-6-------6-6------7-7------4-----------| x 2Ab|--4-4-4-4-------6-6------7-7------4-----------|Eb|------------4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5--2-2-2-2---------| . . . . . . . .
BridgeGuitar 1eb|-------------------------------------------|Bb|-------------------------------------------|Gb|-------------------------------------------|Db|--77777777--22222222--99999999--44444444---|Ab|--77777777--22222222--99999999--44444444---|Eb|--55555555--00000000--77777777--22222222---|
eb|------------------------------------------|Bb|------------------------------------------|Gb|------------------------------------------|Db|--77777777--22222222--9999999999999999----|Ab|--77777777--22222222--9999999999999999----|Eb|--55555555--00000000--7777777777777777----|
(“…..all the ones you made!!!”)Guitar 2eb|------------------------------------------------|Bb|------------------------------------------------|Gb|------------------------------------------------|Db|----7p6-6b7r6b7r6b7r6—6p4-6p4-4p2-4p2-4p2-4p2---|Ab|------------------------------------------------|Eb|------------------------------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------------------------------------------|Db|--4p2-4p2-4p2-4p2-7p6-6b7r6b7r6b7r6b7r—4p2-4p2-4p2-4p2---------|Ab|---------------------------------------------------------------|Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
eb|--19--17--16------19vv--|Bb|--------------17--------|Gb|------------------------|Db|------------------------|Ab|------------------------|Eb|------------------------|
Chorus repeat
Outro (“..not what I meant to say …yay …yay…..”)
With the chorus till the end
Guitar 2eb|-----11-12p11-12p11-12p11-------------|Bb|--12----------------------12----------|Gb|-----------------------------14-------|keep playingDb|--------------------------------------|Ab|--------------------------------------|Eb|--------------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------|Bb|--------------------------------|Gb|-----13-14p13-14p13-14p13-------|Db|--14----------------------14----|Ab|--------------------------------|Eb|--------------------------------|
Guitar 3eb|---------------------------------|Bb|---------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------------|somewhat like thatDb|--999--777--66--777--666---------|Ab|-------------------------77------|Eb|---------------------------------|
Song ends on a B5
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| v vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| . Palm mute
| ~ let ring
Verse 1
woke up today
Seeing all the stars that you have thrown
Wounded by the same old shots you take
It's easier to kick the wind that low
Chorus
And I just thought that you should know
If I could only know why you'd been letting go
Then it's not too late to say it right this time
'Cause I know I said I'm sorry
But that's not what I meant to say
Verse 2
Strong enough to say
That I don't wanna take the hard road now
it is So typical of you to walk away
When your perfect little world is burning down
Chorus
And I just thought that you should know
That I'd been holding on while you'd been letting go
Can I be so bold
'Cause all this talking all to you's just getting old
Then it's not too late to say it right this time
'Cause I know I said I'm sorry
But that's not what I meant to say
solo
Bridge
What I really meant to say
With every little breath I take
I'm not the only one who makes mistakes
Just think of all the ones you made
Chorus/outro
And I just thought that you should know
That I'd been holding on while you'd been letting go
Can I be so bold
'Cause all this talking all to you's just getting old
Well, it's not too late to say it right this time
'Cause I know I said I'm sorry
But that's not what I meant to say
Can I be so bold
'Cause all this talking all to you's just getting old
Well, it's not too late to say it right this time
'Cause I know I said I'm sorry
But that's not what I meant to say.yay Â…yay
PTL
