Woe Acoustic Guitar Tab

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Woe (Acoustic) - say anything
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Tabbed by: P. Zach Ali and Jesse August
Email:pza151@stu.aii.edu
This tab is from the acoustic set he plays on mtvLIVE.COM you can find
these songs to play along with at
http://www.mtv.com/music/#/music/live/detail.jhtml?contentId=1525316
CONFIDENT THAT THIS TAB CANNOT BE ANY BETTER
FIGURE OUT RHYTHM FOR YOURSELF
Tuning:Normal
{INTRO}
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
THIS SONG IS CALLED WOE
{VERSE}
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------7-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------------x------------------------5-5--4-4---------------|
D|-----5--(4 times)-------5----5---(4 TIMES)------------5-5--5-5--(2 times)----|
A|-----5------------------7-----------------------------X-X--X-X---------------|
E|--3--------------------x0-----------------------------5-5--5-5---------------|
ALL THE WORDS...	THAT THE SCENE DEEMED...	BEND IT TOGETHER...
e|---X-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---X-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4--(GO TO MTV.COM LINK ABOVE FOR RHYTM OF GUITAR)-------------------------|
A|---5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---X-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
AND ROLL BLOODILY THROUGH...
{CHORUS}
e|---------------------------------------------------------X-----------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------X-----------------|
G|----5---4---5---4-----------------4----5---4---5---4-----7-----------------|
D|----------------------4---5---7--------------------------7-----------------|
A|------0---0---0---0-----5---5---5---5----0---0---0---0---5-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------X-----------------|
GOT WOE, WOE HO HO, HE LIVES WITH WOE...		   STRUM
REPEAT VERSE PART AGAIN, AND THEN CHORUS ON MORE TIME
{BREAK}
e|--------------------------------------X--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
G|--5-5--4-4----------------------------5--------------------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5---(2 TIMES)----------------4--------------------------------------|
A|--X-X--X-X----------------------------5--------------------------------------|
E|--5-5--5-5----------------------------X--------------------------------------|
I CAN'T GET LAID IN THIS TOWN...	POINTY F*IN SHOES...
e|--------------------------------------X--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
G|--5-5--4-4----------------------------5--------------------------------------|
D|--5-5--5-5---(2 TIMES)----------------4--------------------------------------|
A|--X-X--X-X----------------------------5--------------------------------------|
E|--5-5--5-5----------------------------X--------------------------------------|
FEET ARE SO BLACK AND BLUE...		AND SO ARE YOU...
{BREAK 2}
e|--X-X---------X-X-----------X-X----------X-X--X------------------------------|
B|--X-X---------X-X-----------X-X----------X-X--X------------------------------|
G|--7-7---------7-7-----------7-7----------7-7--7------------------------------|
D|--5-5---------5-5-----------5-5----------5-5--5------REPEAT AS NECESSARY-----|
A|--3-3---------5-5-----------7-7----------5-5--5H7----------------------------|
E|--X-X---------3-3-----------X-X----------X-X--X------------------------------|
OUT OF MY..   BODY   UP.. THROUGH  THE.. PALM TREES    TO...
{END}
e|-X-X---------------3-3-----X-------------------------------------------------|
B|-X-X---------------3-3-----X-------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5--~4B----------4-4-----7-------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5---------------5-5-----7----REPEAT AS NECESSARY--------------------------|
A|-X-X---------------5-5-----5-------------------------------------------------|
E|-5-5---------------3-3-----X-------------------------------------------------|
SO NOW I'M FORGING AHEAD...
END WITH THE {BREAK 2} CHORDS AND IF YOU WATCH MTVLIVE.COM YOULL SEE HE DOES
SOMETHING FUN AT THE END- IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN- EMAIL ME AND
I WILL TAB IT FOR YOU
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR CORRECTIONS EMAIL ME PLEASE
ALIVE WITH THE GLORY OF LOVE AND BELT ARE NEXT- CHECK DAILY
| /  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 Eric Average	#1 by Eric Phillips at Sep 29, 2007 at 8:05 PM EST
	I love this song. hangthedj9 (is that sn a mention to the band Hang the DJ from Pennsylvania? b/c I knew of of the members) described it well when he said that when Max sings that last verse it makes you feel like your pushing all of the people in your way off to the side and forging along. The only part I dont understand is the line float in my senses, surround my body i wake my nose to smell that ocean burn if anyone has any opinion on that line please comment. Or if anyone has that picture that was posted above please repost it because that link doesnt work anymore.

No Picture ian Average	#2 by ian mckinly at Sep 30, 2007 at 6:15 AM EST
	that verse "so now i'm forging ahead/past all the plutocrats/who sold me out/go sob in your bed/if life is twice as pretty/once you're dead/then send me a card/i'm still the optimist, though it is hard/when all you want to be is in a dream" , gah, its just amazing. especially the way its sung. its like you're just pushing all the people out of the way and its like "whoa". i guess thats a really weird way to articulate it. the first verse, when everyone is saying "that boys got woe", its like their just brushing it off. like any real emotion is so easily manufactured, no one knows when something true is actually happening. also when its talking about the girl, its like she's saying "i cant do anything without doing something i dont want to" which is really backward, when u think about it.

No Picture Ryan Sutherland Rhythm Player	#3 by Ryan Sutherland at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:37 AM EST
	This song is simply amazing. This guy says everything i have ever thought but could not put into words

No Picture josh Average	#4 by josh meador at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:55 AM EST
	I think this song is about how even though we have freedom of speech, we really don't. "All the words in my mouth/that the scene deemed unworthy of leting out" When you say those things, people will catagorize you. Then when you fnd somebody, most likely you can't really get anybody else, and they just stay with you for sex and some other stupid reason. Then you just start to wish you were someone else and somewhrere else. And you just can't take the life anymore. =]

No Picture jimmy Wanna Be	#5 by jimmy rodrigues at Oct 2, 2007 at 5:59 AM EST
	to "the skid" : thank you.

No Picture brennan Average	#6 by brennan collins at Oct 3, 2007 at 2:42 AM EST
	To me, looking at it from the Rock Opera point of view, I think this is when Max is "cursed" to spew out the truth (his opinions/feelings) with musical backout, and the Waddada Waddada in the middle (however you spell that) I think is him just spewing out tons of things.. Favorite Song

No Picture Rhythm Player	#7 by riotsk8team001 (jason) at Oct 3, 2007 at 7:04 AM EST
	"i can't get laid in this down without these pointy fucking shoes." --i love, love, love that line. to me, it's just seems like it's laying out what girls have to do to get guys to even notice them - go all out, all the time. and it's really too bad it's like that sometimes.

No Picture Venti Average	#8 by Venti at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:45 PM EST
	This song, was truly amazing. I loved it, but then again, most all of say anything's (newer) stuff is. They put so plainly what everyone bitches about. kind of like a "FUCK YOUR SCENE" it bugs me when those sort of people listen to this music... it's almost like they don't know that they're degrading them to hell and back.

No Picture eddy Lead Player	#9 by eddy blade at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:02 AM EST
	to me, I see the song as a description of a snap--an eye opening experience. max is finally saying what he wants to say, hence the first verse. The description of the girl is a metaphor for the entire lifestyle of those that she choses to associate with. let's be popular, yet still utterly alone. if she could let go of that and just not care she could eventually find peace, and maybe someone who could see her as an individual, rather than what she is, a prostitute. (of course, I'm speaking figuratively.) "it's just seems like it's laying out what girls have to do to get guys to even notice them - go all out, all the time. and it's really too bad it's like that sometimes." have to do? please! this is saying that she DOESN'T have to do anything, but just like in "admit it," this song paints the scene as almost a self-righteous deity. I hate the word scene--I hate that it's used as an adjective, but you have to appeal to your audience, I guess. haha I just thought of this, say anything is like the stereotypical hot girl's asshole boyfriend. Max can say anything he wants, insult and degrade the scene, alienate his fans, and they just KEEP COMING BACK FOR MORE.

No Picture JUSTIN Lead Player	#10 by JUSTIN LOCKHART at Oct 4, 2007 at 12:15 PM EST
	haha.. she takes pity on me horizontally? Say Anything seems to have quite the sense of humor, and I love thier sound.

No Picture James Rhythm Player	#11 by James T.H. at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:01 AM EST
	This is one of my favorite songs of all time. Everything just falls together perfectly.

No Picture ♥WeEzY Average	#12 by ♥WeEzY♥ at Oct 5, 2007 at 11:15 AM EST
	check this out, It'll change your whole opinion. http://www.proudofmylife.com/articles/Woe.jpg from the man himself.Edited by oofus on July 14 2006, at 10:22PM

No Picture ♥WeEzY Average	#13 by ♥WeEzY♥ at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:16 PM EST
	"i can't get laid in this town without these pointy fucking shoes" i think this is like a reference to the wizard of oz with the magic shoes that can take u anywhere coz it makes sence if u think about it...? 'when all you want to be is in a dream' doesnt she wake up and its all a dream at the end of the film?

No Picture btotherizzad Average	#14 by btotherizzad moriznad at Oct 6, 2007 at 1:01 AM EST
	I think he basically determined that he's going to say what he wants, when he wants. He's facing challenges from audiences who just laugh at him and talk about how he's completely melodramatic — "That boy got woe." The girl with the pointy shoes isn't a prostitute — she's a groupie. "She took pity on me / horizontally but most likely because of my band." They're both kind of commiserating, as they're both weary and frustrated with their lives. He plans to keep pushing on through his tour and with his band, despite all this and despite the "plutocrats" (perhaps record execs) getting in his way.

No Picture Kyle Average	#15 by Kyle Landers at Oct 6, 2007 at 4:12 AM EST
	The whole reason why I started listening to this band was because I had heard Chris Carrabba use a line from this song during a concert this summer. I looked up the lyric and it lead me to their website where I found that they were quite awesome themselves.

No Picture Jon Badass	#16 by Jon Coath at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:46 PM EST
	please take me out of my body out up through the palm trees to smell california in sweet hypocricy. such a burn to this entire scene. i love max bemis, hes so real. he completely gets it. i hate that this scene is so hard to hang in, its mostly made of kids who are running from someother type of group to which they dont want to belong, so for some reason everyone feels like every other person isnt good enough, or original enough. its laughable. all people want is to be accepted and max gets that.

No Picture Jer Average	#17 by Jer at Oct 7, 2007 at 11:39 AM EST
	"if life is twice as pretty once you're dead then send me a card i'm still the optimist, though it is hard when all you want to be is in a dream" I think this is saying how in heaven since you're not alive, you're just living a dream, and if all people want to live in is a dream, then they can, but he's going to cherish life as if there is no life after death.

No Picture Kenny Lead Player	#18 by Kenny Berg at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:27 PM EST
	The basis to the entire album. "all the words in my mouth, that the scene deemed unworthy of letting out", this is when the character in the rock opera begins to let his words flow out uncontrolably, and where the story really picks up.

No Picture Kevin Average	#19 by Kevin Fournier at Oct 11, 2007 at 2:42 PM EST
	X Co and Ca X... i hear ya

No Picture austin Rhythm Player	#20 by austin ballard at Oct 11, 2007 at 9:32 PM EST
	"please take me out of my body up through the palm trees to smell california in sweet hypocrisy" fucking genius.

No Picture James Wanna Be	#21 by James Makowiecki at Oct 12, 2007 at 5:19 AM EST
	Wow, now it all makes a lot more sense, it all comes together to show how awesome the songwriting in this song really is. Thanks RustyJ and thanks Max Bemis.

No Picture CJ Wanna Be	#22 by CJ West at Oct 13, 2007 at 11:02 PM EST
	The song partially about a girl who has loveless sex. Thats why the "she said 'i can't get laid in this town/ without these pointy fucking shoes/ my feet are so black and blue, and so are you" part is there. The first time I heard this song was at a dashboard confessional concert and chris carrabba did a cover of some of it right after "Remember to Breathe"

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#23 by Matt at Oct 16, 2007 at 7:25 AM EST
	first off- LOVE this song...especially the end (like most people) but i had a question about these lies: i stood proud in the gallery with my open socket of a mouth for them to see they all just laughed and said "that boy he, that boy's got woe, woe he lives with woe, woe" --do ya think that his description of his mouth may be reaffering to him in Woe, almost liek total disbelief of something? i meen his jaw i guess is dropped and instead of the people saying hes in utter disbelief, hes got "woe"? sorry, i was listening to this when i was high, causing me to think farrr tooo deep.

No Picture bradley Wanna Be	#24 by bradley goodman at Oct 18, 2007 at 2:10 AM EST
	The skid just made my week.

No Picture PJVILL Professional Badass	#25 by PJVILL at Oct 19, 2007 at 1:15 PM EST
	Ye totally agree with skid but don't see this woman as a prostitute, "can't get laid in thsi town without theses pinty fuckin shoes" could be a metaphor for a lot of things, bring your own interepretation to that, but the "get laid" bit, i think getting laid is about being popular. You have to make a lot of sacrifices to be "scene" and not be yourself. i know you wer speaking figuratively, great take though skid. P.S My favourite line "please take me out of my body up through the palm trees to smell california in sweet hypocrisy" Talking about how she would just love to be herself but doesn't want to be unwanted, being hypocritical of other popular people, as she is popular herself. She lives with "WOE".