MORE THAN WORDS – Westlife & Extreme

Words&Music Nuno Bettencourt/Gary Cherone

Tab thanks to Jim - oneeye@ntlworld.com

// INTRO: / / / // / / / //..

G G/B Cadd9 Am7... C... D. G... TWICE

VERSE:

// / / / // / / / //

G G/B Cadd9 Am7 C D G

Saying I love you is not the words I want to hear from you

G G/B Cadd9 Am7 C D Em

It's not that I want you not to say but if you only knew

Am7 D G D/F# Em

Ho-ow ea-sy It would be to show me how you feel

Am7 D7 G7 /B C

More than words is all you have to do To make it real

Cm G Em7

Then you wouldn't have to say That you love me 'cos

Am7 D7 G

I'd al_____ready know

BRIDGE:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

G D/F# Em Bm C

What would you do if my heart was torn in two

G/B Am7 D7 G

More than words to show you feel that your love for me is real

D/F# Em7 Bm7 C

What would you say if I took those words away?

G/B Am7 D7 G

Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love you

G G/B Cadd9 Am7... C... D. G... (Repeat intro x2)

Da dee da dee Da dee da dee

VERSE 2

G G/B Cadd9 Am7 C D G

Now that I've tried to Talk to you and make you understand

G G/B Cadd9 Am7 C D Em

All you have to do is Close your eyes and just reach out your hands

Am7 D G D/F# Em

And touch me Hold me close don't ever let me go

Am7 D7 G7/B C

More than words Is all I ever needed you to show

Cm G Em7

Then you wouldn't have to say That you love me 'Cos

Am7 D7 Daug G

I'd Al……..ready____ Know

BRIDGE:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

G D/F# Em Bm C

What would you do if my heart was torn in two

G/B Am7 D7 G

More than words to show you feel that your love for me is real

D/F# Em7 Bm7 C

What would you say if I took those words away?

G/B Am7 D7 G

Then you couldn't make things new Just by saying I love

G G/B Cadd9 Am7... C... D. G... REPEAT INTRO 4 x TIMES Then some lovely dreamy ending

You__________La dee dah dee dee dah More than

G Dsus2/F# Dmsus2/F Emsus4 Am7 See details below

Words________________________________________________ More than

G G/B Cadd9 Cadd9/B Cadd9/Bb Am7 G

Words_____________________________________________

Play with fingers and slightly off the beat to get the feel of the song.

If possible, mute the strings between chords to get the percussive

"chunk" that Nuno gets on the album.

Play hard, Have fun

I think Nuno plays it tuned down a half step.

Tap the guitar on 2 and 4 beats of each measure with all four fingers of right

hand each two dashes counts for one eigth note

--3---3---3---3 | --3-----3-3 | --0-----3----- | --0---2---3---3- |

--3---3---3---3| --3-----3-1 | --1------1---1 | --1---3---3---3- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------0------- |

------2-------3 | --3-3-3--0- | ----0-0-0---3 | ---------------- |

3-------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

^tap ^tap ^tap ^tap (get the idea?)

--3---3---3---3- | --3---3-3---- | --0---3------- | --0---2---3---3- |

--3---3---3---3- | --3-----3---1-| --1-----1---1-| --1---3-------3- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------| ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ----------------| ---------------- |

------2-------3 | ----3-3-3---0- | ----0-0-0---3-| -------0------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

these two lines are what I'm gonna call the "intro line".

play it once for intro.

play it again for the first part of verse

"Sayin 'I love you' is not the words I want to hear from you

It's not that I want you, not to say but if you only knew"

on "knew", instead of playing the last eigth note in the intro line, you play

0- | instead of 3- |

-- | 3- |

-- | -- |

-- | -- |

-- | -- |

0- | 3- |

the next part of the verse:

--0------------- | --------3-0----- | 2-----2---2---3- | --3------------- |

--0---0---0----- | --1-----1-1----- | 3-----3---3---3- | --3---3---3---0- |

------0---0----- | --0------------- | ---------------- | ------2---2---0- |

---------------- | ---------------- | 0-----0---0----- | ---------------- |

--------------0- | --------0-0---0- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

------0---0----- | ---------------- | --------------3- | --3---2---2---0- |

--0------------- | --------3-3----- | ------0---2---1- | --1---1---1---0- |

--0---0---0---1- | --1-----1-1----- | ------3---3----- | --0---0---0---1- |

------0---0---0- | --0------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | 0-----0--------- | ---------------- |

------2---2---0- | --0---0-0-0---0- | ---------------- | ------2---2---3- |

---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- | --3------------- |

--------0-0----- | ---------------- | --3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---3----- |

--------1-1---4- | --4-----4-4---2- | --3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---3----- |

--------------0- | --0-----0-0---0- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ------2--------- |

------3-3-3---3- | --3-----3-3----- | ---------------- | --2-------2----- |

---------------- | --------------3- | ------3-3-3-2-0- | ---------------- |

0 (strum) | 2 (strum) |

1 | 1 |

0 | 2 |

2 | 0 | <---- 1st time through

0 | x |

x | x |

I'd al - rea - dy | <-- lyrics included just so you know

where we are in the song

0 | 2 4 |

1 | 1 3 |

0 | 2 4 |

2 | 0 3 | <--- second time through

0 | x x |

x | x x |

chorus.....

--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2---0---0-2----- | ----------2----- |

--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 3-------3-----0- | ----------3---1- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------0- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------4-----2- |

------2--------- | ------2--------- | ---------------- | --2---2-------3- |

3-------------3- | --------------0- | 2-------2-----0- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --2-------2---3- |

--1-----1-1---1- | --1---1---1---1- | --1-----------3- | --3-------3---3- |

--0-----0-0---0- | --0---0---0---0- | --0-----------2- | ------2--------- |

--2------------- | --------------2- | ----2---------0- | ------0--------- |

--------3-3---3- | --3---3---3---0- | ----0-0-0-0----- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------3- |

--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 2---0---0-2----- | ----------2----- |

--3---3---3----- | --3---3---3----- | 3-------3-----0- | ----------3---1- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --------------0- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

------2--------- | ------2--------- | ---------------- | --2---2-4-----3- |

--------------3- | ---------------- | 2-------2-----0- | ---------------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | --------3------- | 2 (strum) |

--1-----1-1---1- | --1---1---1---1- | --1-----1-1----- | 1 |

--0-----0-0---0- | --0---0---0---0- | --0-----0-0----- | 2 |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | 0 |

--3-----3-3---3- | --3---3---2---0- | ------0-0-0----- | x |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | |

2 (strum) |

1 |

2 |

0 |

x |

x | end chorus

after first verse, play intro line up to the Am7 chord (end of sixth

measure)..do not play the last tab of the sixth measure either.. instead...

strum two chords as a lead in to the second verse...

0 (strum) | 2 (strum) |

1 | 1 (strum) |

0 | 2 |

2 | 0 |

0 | x |

x | x |

(repeat above for second verse up to end chorus)

repeat the intro line twice (for the la di da's...)

--------3------- | --------0------- | --------0------- | ----------0----- |

----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | ----3-----3----- | --------0---0--- |

--0---0-----0--- | --2---2-----2--- | --2---2-----2--- | ------2-------2- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ----2----------- |

---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | --2------------- |

3-------------3- | 2-------------2- | 1-------------1- | 0--------------- |

--------0------- |

------1---1----- |

----0-------0--- |

--2-----------2- |

0--------------- |

---------------- | now comes the tricky part....

(start instrumental)

the (+) above the note indicates a hard tap with the picking hand..these are

on the notes on the "high" frets. the rest of the notes following the pound

with the pickinhg hand are slurred. pluck the first note and pound the rest

with the left hand.

8th..... 16th .......................................

+

-------- 2--- 3--- 5--- 7-- 5--- 3--- 2--- 3--- 5---

-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

0------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

-------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----

32nd notes (all of them until the headstock grab) played on high e string

+ + + + +

15 5-3-2-3-5- 17 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5- 14 5-3-2-3-5- 15 5-3-2-3-5-

+ + + + +

14 5-3-2-3-5- 12 5-3-2-3-5- 8- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-3-2-3-5- 7- 5-2-0-2-0-

3-0-3-0- ---- ------ ---- ----

-------- 2-0- ------ ---- ----

-------- ---- 0-2-0- ---- ---- then grab headstock and wobble it for

-------- ---- ------ 2-0- ---- tremolo (use an Em chord)

-------- ---- ------ ---- 2-0-

(end instrumental)

--------3------- | ----3-------3--- | ----3----------- | 0-3-5-3--------- |

------3---3----- | 3-----3-3-----3- | 3-----3-------1- | ---------------- |

----0-------0--- | --0------------- | ------------0--- | ---------------- |

--0------------- | ----------0----- | --0-------2----- | ---------------- |

--------------2- | 3-------2------- | 1-------0------- | ---------------- |

3--------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- | ---------------- |

3 (strum) |

3 |

0 |

0 |

x |

3 |

lyrics:

verse 1

Sayin "I love you" is not the words I want to hear from you

It's not that I want you not to say but if you only knew

how easy it would be to show me how you feel

more than words is all you have to do to make it real

then you wouldn't have to say that you love me

'cause I'd already know

chorus

What would you do

if my heart was torn in two?

more than words to show you feel

that your love for me is real

What would you say

if I took those words away?

Then you couldn't make things new

just by sayin' "I love you"

la di da da da di da da di da..etc...

verse 2

Now that I have tried to talk to you and make you understand

all you have to do is close your eyes and just reach out your hands

and touch me, hold me close don't ever let me go

more than words is all I ever needed you to show

then you wouldn't have to say

that you love me 'cause I'd already know.

nice, long and lengthy, eh? hope you guys have fun with this. -ben

byau@jarthur.claremont.edu