Title:    What I Really Want to Say
Artist:   Steven Curtis Chapman
Album:    Speechless
Author:   Steven Curtis Chapman
Copyright 1999 Sparrow Song / Peach Hill Songs / BMI
Tabbed by Casey Lee <schmoozemeter@hotmail.com>


Tune high E string up 1/2 step and tune the rest down 1/2 step:
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb F


Intro:
E - A (x4)


Verse 1:
        E                 G#m
I say I love you, I say I need you
         C#m          B                A
I try so many ways to say how my heart beats for you
          E                G#m
I say I'm always thinking about you
           C#m             B                  A
There's no way I'd want to face this life without you
B                            C#m       G#m    A
 And even though these words come from deep inside me
B                             C#m      G#m      A
 There's so much more I don't have the words to say


Chorus:
              B
'Cause what I really want to say
            G#m                  E
Is what the sun would say to the sky
    G           A               B
For giving it a place to come alive
       C#m
But my words get in the way
E          G
 Of what I really want to say


E  A  E  A           E              A  E  A
          Oh, what I really want to say


Verse 2 (same as verse 1):
I know that sometimes my words can be as hard as stone
And sometimes my words have left you feeling so alone
So please forgive me and hear the words I'm saying now
I will spend my whole life looking for a way somehow
To let you know just how precious you are to me
I'll use the best words I know but I still won't say it all


Chorus


G#m - F#m - E - F#m (x3)
G - A


Chorus:
           B
Oh, what I really want to say
            G#m                  E
Is what the sun would say to the sky
    G           A               B
For giving it a place to come alive
       C#m                 D# E
But my words get in the way    of
       B
What I really want to say
            G#m                  E
It's like a tale too great to be told
     G                 A              B
It's something that my heart can only show
          C#m
I'm gonna take my whole life
                E
Just to let you know
       G              G#m  F#  E
What I really want to say
           A              G#m F#  E
Oh, what I really want to say  to you
A                       E  A  E  A
 What I really want to say
           E          A      E  A  E
Oh, what I really want to say