Am                                        G
If I tell you what I really want, you just say shut up
                         C
You don't really want to hear it, no
         Am    
I try to be resolute, you reduce it down to cute
  Em
I tell you you're a coward, you say I'm a prostitute
         G
When the mascara's dried
                  C
I know you've got something to hide 
               C                               Am
Can't you just say it, say it, say it, say it one time
   Em
Speak your mind, ooh
C                                            Am
Say it, say it, say it, always show up with someone else
                     Em     
What's it like when you're yourself?


[Verse 2]
     Am                 
I'll tell you what I want, but I keep it kind of cryptic
      Em
I'm a zoetrope cipher on the tip of a triptych
         G
Tell you what you want
Am
Tell you what I need, but I'll hate you if you miss it
    Em
I'd like to take a stranger’s face in my
                            G
hands and kiss the taste of nowhere to hide
                   C
Yeah, the taste of nowhere to hide


[Pre-Chorus]
G G G G


[Chorus]
              C                              Am
I want you to say it, say it, say it, say it one time
Em
Speak your mind, ooh
C                                       Am
Say it, say it, say it, here comes the breakdown
            Em               
What's it like when there's no one else?
G                                    Am
Say it, say it, say it, what's going on here
  Em
I swear you'll disappear if you don't
G                                        Am
Say it, say it, say it, take it down now to the car
      Em
We'll speak no more
              Am
You're just a cheap lout
                 G
You're just an escape route
        C
But you know, you know, you know
It makes me try again


[Interlude] 
(with the talking sample)
G C (play over and over [and over and over {and over}])


[Outro]
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean
             G    C
Say what you mean