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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
      C5C5*    C/G     D7sus2    C#/F       Fmaj7         Dm7C*  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
ConC5demn my race to genocide, D7sus2if it meant that I could lay with C#/FyouFmaj7  
I’d lC5isten to a piercing squeal D7sus2on a loop, to make this real with C#/FyouFmaj7  
FoC5rfeit, ground my civil-rights, D7sus2if it meant I‘d save the life of C#/FyouFmaj7  
I’d sC5pit upon a bible, dear, iD7sus2f it meant I’d stay right here with C#/FyouFmaj7  
 C#/F     Fmaj7
CHORUS
    Dm7Anything for C5you C#/F  Fmaj7  
   Dm7Anything for yC5ou C#/F  Fmaj7  
              Dm7       C5(MUTE)  
    Anything for you
            C5* (5x)  C/G  C5
Anything for you!
VERSE 2
If SC5atan showed up with a gun, tD7sus2hreatened “be disloyal I or I'll C#/Fshoot”Fmaj7  
I’d C5take it in the kneecaps, D7sus2rather than to be that guy to C#/FyouFmaj7  
     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
    Dm7Anything for C5you C#/F  Fmaj7  
   Dm7Anything for yC5ou C#/F  Fmaj7  
    Dm7Anything for C5you
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
    Dm7Anything for C5you C#/F  Fmaj7  
   Dm7Anything for yC5ou C#/F  Fmaj7  
    Dm7Anything for C5you
Dm7  (MUTE)           
   Anything for you!
FINAL VERSE
  CI’d condemn my race to genGocideFsus2  
   CListen to a piercing sqGueal
   CIf it meant that I could lGay with youFsus2  
   CIf I could only make this rGealC  

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Say Anything

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C/G

D7sus2

C#/F

Fmaj7

Dm7

Fsus2

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 C/G D7sus2 C#/F Fmaj7 Dm7 C G Fsus2

C5* C* D* F* F5*

eb|--X----X----X-----X-------X------X--------X--------X---X---X---X-----0---3-----X------|

|--5----X----X-----5-------6------5--------6--------X---X---X---X-----1---0-----1------|

|--5----5----5-----5-------5------5--------5--------X---X---X---10----0---0-----0------|

|--X----5----5-----X-------3------3--------X--------X---X---X---X-----2---0-----3------|

|--3----3----3-----5-------X------X--------5--------3---5---8---8-----3---2-----X------|

|--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 C#/F Fmaj7

(MUTE)

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-----|

|---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

|---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!

INAL 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

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