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Version 1--------------------------------------------------------------------------- You Don't Have To Say You Love Me – Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Wickham/Simon Napier-Bell/Pino Donaggio/Vito Pallavicini From: "That’s the Way it Is" (1970) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- capo: 1st fret play: E key: F time signature: 6/8 tempo: ca. 230 For original chords, transpose this tab +1. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I always find it hard to hit the right notes at the beginning of the song. Here's a reminder. 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + e|-----------------------|------------------------| B|-----------------------|------------------------| G|-----------------------|--------------------4---| D|------------2---4---5--|------------------------| A|-----------------------|------------------------| E|-----------------------|------------------------| When I said I Am 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + e|-----------------------|------------------------| B|--------------------3--|------------------------| G|5----------------------|4---2-------------------| D|-----------------------|------------------------| A|-----------------------|------------------------| E|-----------------------|------------------------| nee- ded you-ou --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0 Gmaj7 3-x-0-0-0-2 Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0 B7 x-2-4-2-4-2 B7-13 x-2-4-2-4-3 = B7add(b13) B7sus4 x-2-4-2-5-2 For the soft Em keyboard touch at the beginning of verses 2 and 3 (thanks to stingamajig !), I'd suggest the following: [ Em *] x-x-x-4-5-3 [Verse 3] Em * 0-2-2-0-0-3 Emadd9 0-2-2-0-0-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 1] Am7 When I said, I needed you D7 Gmaj7 You said you would always stay Cmaj7 Am7 It wasn't me who changed, but you F#m7 | B7 | % | And know you've gone away [Verse 2] B7 [ Em *] Am (break) Don't you know ... that now you're gone D7 Gmaj7 And I'm left here on my own Cmaj7 Am7 Now I have to follow you F#m7 | B7 | B7-13 B7 | And beg you to come home [Chorus] E C#m You don't have to say you love me F#m7 B7sus4 B7 Just be close at hand E C#m You don't have to stay forever F#m7 B7 I will understand E G#m Believe me, believe me C#m I can't help but love you F#m7 | B7 | % | But believe me, I'll never tie you down [Verse 3] B7 [ Em *] Am (break) Left alone ... with just a memory D7 Gmaj7 Life seems dead and so unreal Cmaj7 Am7 All that's left is loneliness B7 | Em | Em * Emadd9 | There's nothing left to feel [Chorus] E C#m You don't have to say you love me F#m7 B7sus4 B7 Just be close at hand E C#m You don't have to stay forever F#m7 B7 I will understand E C# Believe me, believe me [Chorus] F# D#m You don't have to say you love me G#m7 C#7sus4 C#7 Just be close at hand F# D#m You don't have to stay forever G#m7 C#7 I will understand [Coda] F# | E | Believe me F# | E | Believe me 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 1 | F# | % | F# F# | F# Believe me (breaks)