• Song:

    I Can Barely Say

  • Artist:

    The Fray

  • Album:

    Scars & Stories

The Fray
I Can Barely Say
Transcribed by ear by tobijeh
Chords for [piano]

INTRO:
G2 F6 C6 Cm4/Eb F

VERSE 1:
G2                      F6 (15xxxx@1)                           C6I (03221x@1)said I told you everything I left something out
      Cm4/Eb       F6Underneath (15xxxx@1)the stairwell
G2                      F6 (15xxxx@1)                       C6That (03221x@1)I'm under lock and key, but you can probably tell
      Cm4/Eb            F6I'm (15xxxx@1)a king of my...in a prison cell

PRE-CHORUS:

Am (x02210@1)    D (xx0232@1)                Em (022000@1)           CI (x32010@1)wanna return but all you do is turn and sleep
Am (x02210@1)                 D (xx0232@1)       D/Ebm     Em (022000@1)       CIf (x32010@1)I can find my way home, will you take hold of me

CHORUS:
                GI've (320003@1)been going so long
          D/F#I (200232@1)can barely say
              Em (022000@1)          CAll (x32010@1)I know is now I want to stay
            GHas (320003@1)it been too long
             D/F#Since (200232@1)I went away
                    EmCause (022000@1)I'm trying to find the words
    CBut (x32010@1)I can barely say
G2 F6 C6 Cm4/Eb F

VERSE 2:
Well I use to be the sun 
Waiting silently but they barely noticed me
But I've been talking in my sleep
When anybody sees
They turn and run from me

BRIDGE:
Am (x02210@1)        DI (xx0232@1)wanted to run
            Em (022000@1)                 Am (x02210@1)I wanted to love and be loved in return
                    DBut (xx0232@1)will I ever get back
D/Ebm  Em (022000@1)              CDo (x32010@1)I know too much too return
G2 F6 C6 Cm4/Eb F
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