• Song:

    More Than Words

  • Artist:

    Extreme

  • Album:

    1989-06-04: Marquee Wes...

As with my other tabs, the higher frets are done like hexadecimal to keep the
spacing constant for a sense of rhythm. Play an "A" as the 10th fret, a "B"
as the 11th fret, etc. Many notes are slightly off-beat, so play them 
accordingly. I'm not 100% sure of the chords, but since this is a bass tab,
I'm OK with what I've written.

[INTRO]
  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#
G:--------|--------|--------|----D---|--------|--------|--------|----DD--|
D:---8---9|---999--|-------9|---B-B--|---8---9|---999--|-------9|---B----|
A:9-------|-------B|---BBB--|-------9|--------|-------B|---BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
  F#          Badd9           G#m7            B                 C#         
    Saying "I love you"    Is not the words I want to hear from you
  F#                Badd9     G#m7           B           C#   
    It's not that I want you  Not to say but if you only knew 
  D#m   G#m7  C#             F#      A#m7    D#m
    How easy  it would be to show me how you feel

  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#
G:--------|--------|--------|----D---|--------|--------|--------|----DD--|
D:---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B-B--|---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|
A:9-------|-------B|---BBB--|-------9|--------|--------|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  D#m      G#m7     C#       F#  A#m7 D#m
G:--------|--------|-----D--|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|B--B----|--------|--------|
A:---D---B|---BBB-B|--------|99--88--|---D---B|
E:B-------|--------|--------|-------B|--------|

[CHORUS]
            G#m7       C#              F#7           B   
  More than words   Is all you have to do to make it real
           Bm               F#           D#m        
  Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
        G#m(hold)    C#(hold)  F#
 'Cause I'd       al-ready     know

  G#m7     C#       F#7      B        Bm       F#       D#m      G#m      C#      
G:--------|-----D--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|B--B----|---8---9|---999-9|---999--|--------|---D----|--------|B-------|
A:---BBB-B|--------|9-------|--------|--------|9--999--|-D---D--|B-------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------B|--------|--------|--------|

[BRIDGE]
  F#     F#        C#       D#m               B
    What would you do if my heart was torn in two
            B                 B               C#             F#
  More than words to show you feel  That your love for me is real
  F#     F#        C#       D#m               B
    What would you say if I took those words away
           B                    B             C#             F#
  Then you couldn't make things new   Just by saying "I love you"

  F#       F#       C#       D#m      B        B        B        C#       
G:--------|--------|--------|----A---|--------|--------|--------|-D---D--|
D:---8----|---8----|--------|-8-8-8-9|---999-9|----988-|-------B|---B----|
A:9------9|-------6|8-8-88-6|--------|--------|-------B|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  F#       F#       C#       D#m      B        B        B        C#      
G:--------|--------|--------|----A---|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:---8----|---8----|--------|-8-8-8-9|---999-9|----988-|--------|B-------|
A:9------9|-------6|8-8-88-6|--------|--------|-------B|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     C#
G:--------|--------|--------|----DD--|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|---8---9|---999--|--------|B-------|
A:9-------|-------B|---BBB--|-------9|--------|--------|B-------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[VERSE]
  F#              Badd9      G#m7            B        C#   F#
    Now that I've tried to   talk to you and make you understand
  F#        Badd9         G#m7                B          C#       D#m
    All you have to do is close your eyes and just reach out your hands
  D#m   G#m7        C#                   F#   A#m7   D#m
    And touch me    Hold me close, don't ever let me go

  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#
G:--------|--------|--------|----DD--|--------|--------|--------|----D---|
D:---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|
A:9-------|-------B|---BBB--|--------|9-------|--------|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  D#m      G#m7     C#       F#  A#m7 D#m
G:--------|--------|---D-D--|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|B-------|--------|--------|
A:---D---B|---BBB-B|--------|99--88--|---D---B|
E:B-------|--------|--------|-------B|--------|

[CHORUS]
            G#m7       C#         F#            B
  More than words   Is all I ever needed you to show
           Bm               F#           D#m          
  Then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
        G#m     C#    F#
 'Cause I'd   already know

  G#m7     C#       F#       B        Bm       F#       D#m      G#m      C#      
G:--------|-----D--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|B--B----|---8---9|---999-9|---999--|--------|---D----|--------|B-------|
A:---BBB-B|--------|9-------|--------|--------|9--999--|-D---D--|B-------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------B|--------|--------|--------|

[BRIDGE]
  F#     F#        C#       D#m               B
    What would you do if my heart was torn in two
            B                 B               C#             F#
  More than words to show you feel  That your love for me is real
  F#     F#        C#       D#m               B
    What would you say if I took those words away
  B          B                    B
    Then you couldn't make things new
          C#               F#      
  Just by saying "I love      you"    

  F#       F#       C#       D#m      B        B        B        C#       
G:--------|--------|--------|----A---|--------|--------|--------|-D---D--|
D:---8----|---8----|--------|-8-8-8-9|---999-9|----988-|-------B|---B----|
A:9------9|-------6|8-8-88-6|--------|--------|-------B|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  F#       F#       C#       D#m      B        B        B        C#      
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:---8----|---8----|--------|-8-8---9|---999-9|----988-|--------|B-------|
A:9------9|-------6|8-8-88-6|--------|--------|-------B|B--BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

[CODA]
            F#    Badd9  G#m7  B-C#               F#    Badd9  G#m7  B-C#
                                        More than words
            F#    Badd9  G#m7  B-C#               F#    Badd9  G#m7  B-C#
  More than words                       More than words

  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     C#
G:--------|--------|--------|----DD--|--------|--------|--------|----DD--|
D:---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|
A:9-------|-------B|---BBB--|-------9|--------|-------B|---BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

  F#       Badd9    G#m7     B   C#   F#       Badd9    G#m7     C#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----DD--|
D:---8---9|--9-99--|-------9|9-9-BB--|---8---9|---999--|-------9|-9-B----|
A:9-------|--------|B-B-BB--|-------9|--------|-------B|---BBB--|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

            F#      C#/F     F#/E     D#m       
  More than words

  F#       C#/F     F#/E     D#m      G#m7     C#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|------87|6-------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|6----6--|--------|--------|--------|
A:9------9|8------8|7------7|6------6|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

            F#      B        F#/F     F#/E     G#m7     F#
  More than Words

  F#       B        F#/F     F#/E     G#m7     F#
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:-------8|9-------|8-------|7-------|6-------|--------|--------|--------|
A:9-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|9-------|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
November 9th, 2012
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