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You Dont Have To Say You Love Me

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         You Don't Have To Say You Love Me – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Wickham/Simon Napier-Bell/Pino Donaggio/Vito Pallavicini
From: "That’s the Way it Is" (1970)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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capo: 1st fret
play: E
key: F
time signature: 6/8
tempo: ca. 230
For original chords, transpose this tab +1.
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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
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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
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[Verse 1]
When I said, I Am7needed you
  D7You said you would Gmaj7always stay
  Cmaj7It wasn't me who Am7changed, 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
  D7And I'm left here Gmaj7on my own
  Cmaj7Now I have to Am7follow you
               F#m7|  B7|  B7-13   B7|
And beg you to come home
[Chorus]
EYou don't have to C#msay you love me
 F#m7Just be close at B7sus4handB7  
EYou don't have to C#mstay forever
 F#m7I will underB7stand
BeElieve me, beG#mlieve me
I C#mcan'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
  D7Life seems dead and Gmaj7so unreal
  Cmaj7All that's left is Am7loneliness
                      B7|  Em|  Em*  Emadd9|
There's nothing left to feel
[Chorus]
EYou don't have to C#msay you love me
 F#m7Just be close at B7sus4handB7  
EYou don't have to C#mstay forever
 F#m7I will underB7stand
BeElieve me, beC#lieve me
[Chorus]
F#You don't have to D#msay you love me
 G#m7Just be close at C#7sus4handC#7  
F#You don't have to D#mstay forever
 G#m7I will underC#7stand
[Coda]
        F#|    E|
Believe me 
        F#|    E|
Believe me     1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1                             
 |   F#|  %  |           F#           F#| F#  
Believe me     (breaks)

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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

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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

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[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)

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