• Song:

    More Than Words

  • Artist:

    Extreme

  • Album:

    1989-06-04: Marquee Wes...

Extreme - More Than Words

INTRO_______________________________________________________________________
                              
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | --0-----3------- | --0---2---3---3- |
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3---1- | --1-------1---1- | --1---3---3---3- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------0--------- |
 ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3---0- | ------0-0-0---3- | ---------------- |
 3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

                                                                        *
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | --0-----3------- | --0---2---3--(3)- |
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3---1- | --1-------1---1- | --1---3------(3)- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------(-)- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------(-)- | X 2
 ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3---0- | ------0-0-0---3- | --------0----(-)- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------------(3)- |
*  Don't play 2nd (last) time 




VERSE_______________________________________________________________________

 knew       how           easy          it would be to  show   me  how you feel 
-0--0------------- | --------3-0----- | 2--------2--2---3- | --3------------- |
----0---0---0---1- | --1-----1-1----- | 3--------3--3---3- | --3---3---3---0- |
------------0----- | --0------------- | ------------------ | ------2---2----- |
------------------ | ---------------- | 0--------0--0----- | ---------------- |
----------------0- | --0---0-0-0---0- | ------------------ | ---------------- |
-0--0---0---0----- | ---------------- | ----------------3- | --3---2---2---0- |

      more than  words              is   all you have to  do     to   make it  real
------------------- | --------3-3----- | --------0----2---1- | --1----1----1---0- |
--0---0---0------1- | --1-------1----- | --------3----3----- | --0----0----0----- |
--0-------0-------- | --0------------- | ------------------- | ------------------ |
------------------- | ---------------- | 0-------0---------- | ------------------ |
------2---2------0- | --0---0-0-0---0- | ------------------- | -------2----2---3- |
--0---------------- | ---------------- | -----------------3- | --3--------------- |

      then you would - n't have to  say        that you love   me        'cause
---0----0-0------ | ------------------ | --3-----3-3----3- | --3---3---3----- |
---1------1----4- | ---4-----4-4----2- | --3-------3----3- | --3---3---3----- |
----------------- | ---0-------0----0- | ----------------- | ---------------- |
----------------- | ------------------ | ----------------- | ------2--------- |
---3--3-3-3----3- | ---3---3-3-3------ | ----------------- | --2-------2----- |
----------------- | ----------------3- | ------3-3-3-2--0- | ---------------- |

(1)
I'd alreadly   know
--0---2--|
--1---1--|
--0---2--|
--2---0--|  (1st time through) 
--0---x--|
--x---x--|

(2)
I'd al - rea  - dy    know        
--0------2------4- |
--1------1------3- |
--0------2------4- |
--2------0------3- |    (2nd time through)
--0------x------x- |
--x------x------x- |




CHORUS_______________________________________________________________________

          What would you              do    if my heart was torn             into
--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2-2---2--2--0-----0---2----- | --------2----- |
--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | --3------3--------3-------0- | --------3---1- |
---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------- | ------------0- |
---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------------- | ------4-----2- |
------2--------- | ------2--------- | ---------------------------- | --2--2------3- |
3-------------3- | --------------0- | 2-2---2--2--2-----2-------0- | -------------- |

     More than words  to  show you feel     that your love   for me  is  real
----------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | --2-------2---3- |
--1--1----1----1- | --1---1----1---1- | -1--1----1----3- | --3-------3---3- |
--0-------0----0- | --0--------0---0- | -0-------0----2- | ------2--------- |
--2-------------- | ---------------2- | --------------0- | ------0--------- |
-----3----3----3- | ------3----3---0- | -0--0----0------ | ---------------- |
----------------- | ----------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

      What    would      you          say    if I  took those words        away
--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2-2-0--0--0--2------ | ----------2----- |
--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | --3-------3-------0- | ----------3---1- |
---------------- | ---------------- | -------------------- | ---------------- |
---------------- | ---------------- | -------------0------ | ---------------- |
------2--------- | ------2--------- | -------------------- | --2---2-4-----3- |
--------------3- | ---------------- | 2-2----2--2-------0- | ---------------- |

      then you couldn't   make things new        just by     sayin' I love you
----------------- | -------------------- | --------3----- | -2---------- |
--1---1---1----1- | --1---1----1------1- | --1-------1--- | -1---------- |
--0-------0------ | --0---0----0------0- | --0-------0--- | -2-(strum)-- |
----------------- | -------------------- | -------------- | -0---------- |
--3---3---3----3- | --3---3----2------0- | ------0-0-0--- | -x---------- |
----------------- | -------------------- | -------------- | ------------ |




PRECHORUS____________________________________________________________________ 

(Exactly like INTRO except for 6th measure)

 --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | --0-----3------- | --0---2---3---3- |
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3---1- | --1-------1---1- | --1---3---3---3- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |
 ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------0--------- |
 ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3---0- | ------0-0-0---3- | ---------------- |
 3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

 --3---3---3---3- | --3-----3-3-- | --0-- | --2-- |
 --3---3---3---3- | --3-------3-- | --1-- | --1-- |
 ---------------- | ------------- | --0-- | --2-- | tap tap
 ---------------- | ------------- | --2-- | --0-- |
 ------2-------3- | ------3-3-3-- | --0-- | --x-- |
 ---------------- | ------------- | --x-- | --x-- |



_____________________________________________________________________________

play 
INTRO 
VERSE 
CHORUS  
then INTRO pattern 
(play this INTRO twice & listen to song for strums inserted using same finger positions) 

More than 
wo.................rds................Ooooooo............Wooooo............
--------3------- | --------0------- | --------0------- | ----------0----- |
----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | --------0---0--- |
--0---0-----0--- | --2---2-----2--- | --2---2-----2--- | ------2-------2- |
---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ----2----------- | 
---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --2------------- |
3-------------3- | 2-------------2- | 1-------------1- | 0--------------- |

Ooowwwoooo.....
--------0------- | 
------1---1----- |
----0-------0--- |
--2-----------2- |
0--------------- |
---------------- |	


(start instrumental - Credit for this part goes almost entirely to Ben Yau)
the (+) above the note indicates a hard tap with the picking hand..these are
on the notes on the "high" frets.  the rest of the notes following the pound
with the pickinhg hand are slurred.  pluck the first note and pound the rest
with the left hand.

8th..... 16th .......................................
			+
-------- 2--- 3--- 5--- 17-- 5--- 3--- 2--- 3--- 5---
-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
0------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----
-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----


32nd notes (all of them until the headstock grab) played on high e string

+	      +		    +		  +		+
15 5-3-2-3-5- 17 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5- 14 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5-

+	      +		    +		  +		+
14 5-3-2-3-5- 12 5-3-2-3-5- 8- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-2-0-2-0-

3-0-3-0- ---- ------ ---- ----
-------- 2-0- ------ ---- ----
-------- ---- 0-2-0- ---- ----	then grab headstock and wobble it for 
-------- ---- ------ 2-0- ----      tremolo (use an Em chord)
-------- ---- ------ ---- 2-0-
(end instrumental)

--------3------- | ----3-------3--- | ----3----------- | 0-3h5p3- |
------3---3----- | 3-----3-3-----3- | 3-----3-------1- | -------- |
----0-------0--- | --0------------- | ------------0--- | -------- |
--0------------- | ----------0----- | --0-------2----- | -------- |
--------------2- | 3-------2------- | 1-------0------- | -------- |
3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | -------- |

--3-- |
--3-- |
--0-- | (strum up)
--0-- |
--x-- |
--3-- |



LYRICS:

VERSE 1
Sayin I love you is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you not to say but if you only knew
how easy it would be to show me how you feel
more than words is all you have to do to make it real
then you wouldn't have to say that you love me
'cause I'd already know

CHORUS
What would you do
if my heart was torn in two?
more than words to show you feel
that your love for me is real
What would you say
if I took those words away?
Then you couldn't make things new
just by sayin' "I love you"
la di da da da di da da di da..etc...

VERSE 2
Now that I have tried to talk to you and make you understand
all you have to do is close your eyes and just reach out your hands
and touch me, hold me close don't ever let me go
more than words is all i ever needed you to show
then you wouldn't have to say
that you love me 'cause I'd already know.


Enjoy!
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