Bic Runga
Say After Me
From the album "Birds"

Transcript by Neil Parry
neil@glasgowskyline.com

Am              X02210
Ab              4XXXXX (only play bass note,  mute the rest)
C/G             302010
Am/F#           202210
Fmaj7           003210
F               133211
G               320003
E               022100
Em              022000
Dm              XX0231
E7              020100

FIG                     FIG 2
E-----------------|      E----------------------------|
B-----------------|      B----------------------------|
G-----------------|      G----------------------------|
D--------------2--|      D--------------2-3-2---------|
A--------2--4-----|      A--------2--4---------3-2-0--|
E--2-s-4----------|      E-2-s-4----------------------|


Intro:  Am


Am         Ab
Moon glow
                 C/G                Am/F#
White light will bathe your pillow
            Fmaj7
Loneliness leaves no shadow
 E                FIG 1
Where did you go?

    Am        Ab
Be cool now
       C/G                 Am/F#
Quietly up and leave you
               Fmaj7
Must I be your fool and need you
    E
How gracious we go



F              G
Love ends in a fire
                 Em
Fire through the streets
         Am     C/G
Set them alight
F                  G
Don't say your goodbyes
          Em
Say after me
           Am      C/G   Fmaj7     E    FIG 1
I'll go my own way baby, yeah



       Am           Ab
It's a crying shame
             C/G              Am/F#
To have only hopeless sorrow
                Fmaj7
To have no more days to borrow
                  E       FIG 2
The distance will grow

  Am        Ab
A new day
            C/G               Am/F#
Out walking cold and aimless
          Fmaj7         
Oh to be stoned and painless
    E
Or lost in the snow



F              G
Love ends in a fire
                 Em
Fire through the streets
         Am     C/G
Set them alight
F                  G
Don't say your goodbyes
          Em
Say after me
              Am      C/G  Fmaj7     E    FIG 2
I'll wish you well my baby yeah


F            G
Raise to the ground
              Em
I'll burn you down
           Am     C/G
Before you go and break me
F             G            
Burn like the sun
         Em
What has become
           Am    C/G   Fmaj7       E
Of you and me my baby, yeah 


Instrumental:  Am   Dm    Am  Dm  E7   E
               F    G     Em  Am  C/G  
               F    G     Em  Am  C/G 


F              G
Love ends in a fire
                 Em
Fire through the streets
         Am     C/G
Set them alight
F                  G
Don't say your goodbyes
          Em
Say after me
           Am      C/G   Fmaj7       E    
I'll go my own way baby, yeah

*********************PLAYING NOTES****************************************
For the G# Bic only plays the Bass note and mutes the rest.
She also sometimes plays a G barre chord in the chorus, but the open chord
sounds fine to me. Enjoy.