Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
Album: Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell EP
Transcribed by: J.P. Fowler
Tuning: EADGBe (standard)



Chord chart for song:

   E    G    D   F#m
e|-0----3----2----2--|
B|-0----3----3----2--|
G|-1----0----2----2--|
D|-2----0----0----4--|
A|-2----2----x----4--|
E|-0----3----x----2--|


This song is a basic chord progression. It's very simple
and is a great song with a lot of meaning.




 Verse I:

D                       G                  D
I know, that everything changes. Yeah it's strange, how

             G        D                                    G            
time marches on. Well maybe, there will be sometime in the future.

 F#m                E                            ....D 
Ohh tell me i'm not wrong, tell me I'm not wrong. 


 ..Verse II.. |
              |Play each verse with the
 ..Verse III..|exact same chord progression.
              |There are four verses total.
 ..Verse IV.. |


 Pre-Chorus:

D                             G          D           
Say it isn't so, say it isn't so, tell me I'm not just a dreamer, I'm not

       G                           D 
just a dreamer. Tell me 'cause I'm talking to a friend, and he knows how it ends,

             G             F#m                                    E
he says it's easier, he says that's just the way we are, that it's human nature


and that's just the way we are. 


 Chorus: (x2)

D                             G                                  D
Say it isn't so (say it isn't so), say it isn't so (say it isn't so),

                              G                                  D
Say it isn't so (say it isn't so), say it isn't so (say it isn't so),

                              G                                  F#m
Say it isn't so (say it isn't so), say it isn't so (say it isn't so),

             E
Say it isn't so........



Song structure:

Verse I
Verse II
Verse III
Verse IV
Pre-Chorus
Chorus I
Chorus II