Say What You Mean (Part One) chords by The Moody Blues

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Verse 1
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Say what you mean
Am 
D 
Mean what you say
Am 
Say what you mean, mean what you say
D 
Think about the words
that you're using
Am 
Speak for yourself,
say what's on your mind
D 
Think about the life that you're
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C 
I  know that you need somebody
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C 
I know that you're looking
for somebody unknown
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E 
And trouble won't leave you alone
Am 
Say what you mean, mean what you say
D 
Look into the world of tomorrow
Am 
Say what you want, want what is true
D 
And shake out of that room full of sorrow
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C 
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I'm ready to take you with me
C 
I'm ready to be the one
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who's there by your side
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E 
When you've just got nowhere to hide
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And all the angels will walk with you
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F 
Whenever you need them, yeah
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F 
The glory that comes with love,
G 
yeah, yeah, yeah
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G 
And all the treasure that waits for us
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G 
Whenever we need it
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Now, I just can't hold it back
G 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Am 
The work and the pain,
the thunder and the rain
D 
The word of the earth has been spoken
Am 
The bird on the wing, free as the wind
D 
Knowing that the spell has been broken
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C 
Now you can laugh with mean ears
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C 
Now you can throw away
the cloak of disguise
Am 
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E 
As you turn your face to the sky
Am 
The blue of the night,
the secrets of the light
D 
The touch of the hand that can lead you
Am 
I know you recognize the
shiver of surprise
D 
When you realize that he's seen you
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C 
Into the strange unknown of love
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C 
Standing before me how
Am 
your nakedness shows
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E 
No, I just can't leave you alone
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G 
F 
And oh, I'm ready to take you now
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F 
Whenever you want to, yeah
G 
My heart is there for you
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G 
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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A 
And oh, the glory that comes with love
G 
For always and ever
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Now you can feel my love
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Bm 
Say what you mean, mean what you say
E 
Tell me about the love that you see
Bm 
Say what you mean, what you say
E 
Say what you mean
Bm 
E 
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D 
Mean what you say
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D 
Bm 
E 
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Bm 
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Bm 
Let's walk into the forest,
only witnessed by the moon
E 
and  the breeze,
that once would chill us, now excite us.
Bm 
E 
Say what you mean.
Bm 
E 
Bm 
Be what you see.
And we'll touch the secret places
E 
Bm 
as the earth beneath us breathes and a   raw,
exquisite ecstasy
E 
Rushes in
Bm 
Say what you mean
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Mean what you say
Bm 
Say what you mean
E 
Bm 
E 
Mean what you say you