Futile Guitar Tab

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THE FUTILE - Say Anything
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Tabbed by:azimuth457
Email:azimuth457@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Verse1: 0:02
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--8-8---8-8--8\--8-8-8-------8-8-8-8-8------8-8-8-8-8---8------------------|
D|--9-9---9-9--9\--9-9-9-------9-9-9-9-9------9-9-9-9-9---9-(strum a bunch)--|
A|--x-x---x-x--7\--7-7-7-----------x-x-x----------x-x-x---7------------------|
E|--7-7---6-6--------------7-7-----7-7-7--6-6-----6-6-6----------------------|
Pre-Chorus: 0:17
e|---------7-7-7---------7-7-7-----------------------------------------------|
B|---------7-7-7---------7-7-7-----------------------------------------------|
G|---------8-8-8---------8-8-8--8--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------9---(repeat and slide down from last chord)--|
A|--9-9-9---------9-9-9---------7--------------------------------------------|
E|--7-7-7---------6-6-6------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus(strumming pattern not shown): 0:33
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------5--4------------4---------4----------------------------------------|
G|--3--4--4--4---3--4--9--4---3--4--4----------------------------------------|
D|--4--4--x--x---4--4--7--x---4--4--x----------------------------------------|
A|--x--x--2--2---x--x--5--2---x--x--2----------------------------------------|
E|--2--4---------2--4---------2--4-------------------------------------------|
play verse, 0:48, listen for the different strumming pattern
play pre-chorus, 1:04
play chorus, 1:19
Outro: 1:35
e|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|----------------4-4-4------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--3-3-3-----------|------8-8-----8-8-----8-8---8\-----|
D|--4-4-4--4-4-4--x-x-x--4-4-4--(repeat)-|------9-9-----9-9-----9-9---9\-----|
A|--2-2-2--x-x-x--2-2-2--x-x-x-----------|----------------------------x\-----|
E|---------4-4-4---------2-2-2-----------|--7-7-----7-7-----7-7-------7\-----|
next time, the first chords are strummed more than three times.
the verse plays again, but i haven't tabbed out the individual notes yet
so strum each chord once quietly,
it almost gives the same effect, and its easier to sing along to.
after playing the pre-chorus to the outro again, youre done.=]
any questions or comments, email me.
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/s/say_anything/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture chris Average	#1 by chris nagel at Sep 29, 2007 at 5:49 PM EST
	"And I SO agree with the line "What do the old people teach us but how to die?"" Then you missed the point of the song, which you're a target of.

No Picture Braxton Lead Player	#2 by Braxton Overby at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:05 AM EST
	[amaefm] the verses are from the perspective of the 'futile', that's the point.

No Picture Dylan Rhythm Player	#3 by Dylan Fitzgerald at Oct 3, 2007 at 9:03 PM EST
	parts of this seem like they are wrong by a few words

No Picture Mike Average	#4 by Mike Fraguglia at Oct 4, 2007 at 4:48 PM EST
	does anyone else think that Max sounds really English at the start of the song?

No Picture Rosa Wanna Be	#5 by Rosa Beauchamp at Oct 5, 2007 at 4:40 PM EST
	it's about when you feel all these apathetic and bitter feelings and even want death, yet you know all along that it's bullshit to feel those things. but still you feel it because it's what you know. you feel safe there.

No Picture Celebrimbor Rhythm Player	#6 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:39 PM EST
	StopDanceGo, that was an incredibly well articulated summary... I'm seriously impressed. This is one of my favorite songs off of the album.

No Picture scotty 2 hotty Rhythm Player	#7 by scotty 2 hotty at Oct 7, 2007 at 3:13 AM EST
	Mmmm. It makes me happy to have ears. And I SO agree with the line "What do the old people teach us but how to die?" Couldn't have said it better myself.

No Picture David Average	#8 by David Eldridge at Oct 7, 2007 at 5:53 PM EST
	An exact caricature of my ex. And that's why he's my ex.

No Picture paddy Average	#9 by paddy coscoran at Oct 8, 2007 at 10:17 PM EST
	To the entire song: Here here.

No Picture That One Guy Musical Genius	#10 by That One Guy at Oct 11, 2007 at 6:37 AM EST
	This is my favorite song from "...is a real boy". It's the apathetic, unbridled truth. Nobody likes to think of things this way (no matter how much they say they do), but it's the absolute truth. Kind of sad that a world so full of life could possibly be this dead.

No Picture ALEX Lead Player	#11 by ALEX FOWLER at Oct 11, 2007 at 10:05 AM EST
	haha, nice StopDanceGo.

No Picture niles Wanna Be	#12 by niles lewis at Oct 12, 2007 at 1:34 AM EST
	I'm in ethics class right now and we're discussing Singer who says that doing good is its own reward. Right now, doing good seems like something futile to me, because you can't ever help everyone. But the thing is, every endeavor people try to undertake will never come out to the full extent they want it to. The best people can hope for is something close, and to be content with it. When you are content with being close, I think that's what's beautiful. Either that or when you're dead and don't have to care--that seems beautiful. Some people spend their lives searching for something meaningless, make a big fuss out of it, cry like pussies, be paranoid old people, and die. I think Max is saying he just doesn't want to be those people.

No Picture Joe Average	#13 by Joe Miller at Oct 12, 2007 at 10:11 AM EST
	I love the way the lyrics flow with the music.

No Picture Gabe Professional	#14 by Gabe Hawkins at Oct 13, 2007 at 10:36 AM EST
	i LOVE the beginning. i think this song is about realizing and accepting things about yourself. AND HAVING A SENSE OF HUMOR.

No Picture PunkJunky Wanna Be	#15 by PunkJunky at Oct 14, 2007 at 1:52 PM EST
	"so what is the point then smarty pants?" Ally hit it. These lyrics are extremely sarcastic("slathered in the sauce sarcastic")... or 'ironic' when the hook("What do they teach us but how to die?") is laced in ignorance of wisdom and learning. "What do they teach us but how to die?" falls right in line with the brutal mentality of "what do your hissy fits teach you except how to cry, pussy, cry?" This is a commentary against the fools who are so wrapped up in themselves that they will not ingest anything foreign. It pushes them to a 'futile survival,' being consumed solely by their wants(eat, sleep, fuck, flee) and ignoring their true needs(healthy nutrition(rat poison), human interaction(dying alone), art(no taste) and emotion(real love, the beautiful, the pussy's hissy fits.))

No Picture spencer Wanna Be	#16 by spencer mccarthy at Oct 16, 2007 at 4:51 PM EST
	"so go choke on your irony!" that's the best line. in fact, this song is full of awesome lines .

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#17 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Oct 17, 2007 at 9:14 AM EST
	so what is the point then smarty pants?

No Picture Doolittle Lead Player	#18 by Doolittle at Oct 19, 2007 at 6:45 AM EST
	This song is just awesome...Like when you are feeling depressed..it is a good song with good lyrics. I think the song lyrics speak for itself. He is basically saying, "The futile ways out he beautiful"