a dl-4 is kind of nice in order to be able to do all these parts.

part I w/delay

e–11–12–or—11–7/—
b————————-
g————————-
d————————-
a————————-
E————————-

part II w/ebow. this part varries all the time.

e–9–11–12–5—7–5–4–2–0–0–2h4–5–4–2–0—
b—————————————————–
g—————————————————–
d—————————————————–
a—————————————————–
E—————————————————–

main Progression “no i…”

e–0—-0—–0–0–0–2–|–0—-0–0–0—–0—–0—
b–5—-0—–0–0–2–0–|–5—-0–0–5—–0—–0—
g–6—-6—–1–2–1–1–|–6—-6–8–6—–6—–1—
d–6—-7—–2–2–2–2–|–6—-7–9–6—–7—–2—
a–4—-7—–2–2–2–2–|–4—-7–9–4—–7—–2—
E—-4–5–7–0–0–0–0–|—-4–5–7—–4–5–7–0—

for the jam just follow the standard C#m A E progression. these are some common themes howie plays before
going into beams of light, or if he doesn’t go into it at all.

Part I i dont indicate the times the note is struck, just listen.

e-12–11–9–7–9–7–5–5/7–7–5–4–2/4–5–4–2–0—
b——————————————————–
g——————————————————–
d——————————————————–
a——————————————————–
E——————————————————–

part II bassline with the oc-2…note this is still during plain ol’ ghost before double time.

e—————————————————————————
b—————————————————————————
g—————————————————————————
d—————————————————————————
a—————————————————————————
E-9–7/9–7/9–4–5–9–12–9–12–7–0–9–12–9–12–7–0–9–12–9–12—

and if he doesn’t go into ghost he’ll fool around with some stuff…here’s a good scale on the high e to follow

e–0–2–4–5–7–9–11–12–14–16–17–19–21—

ok…now for beams of light

part I

e-12—–14—–12——16——12—
b—-12—–12——12——12——-
g————————————
d————————————
a————————————
E————————————

part II with oc-2

e———————————————————
b———————————————————
g———————————————————
d———————————————————
a———————————————————
E–9–9–9–9–4–5–5–5–5–7–0–0–0–0–12–12–11—

Wow, big Howie Day fan here, thanks to everyone who submitted Howie tabs, they’ve
been a big help. So I thought I would submit a tab. I searched everywhere for
this song’s tab and couldn’t find sht. So, with a little help I tabbed it out,
it’ll probaly suck but it’s pretty close if played right, but this is how I play
it …feel free to add corrections!

Chords-
Bm:008990
G:004550
F:003440
F:002330
E:001220
Bm:034400
G:300023
D:202000
A7:002200

/:slide

Here’s an example of the beat…
An actress… Sooner the better…

(Bm-Bm-Bm/G-G-G-G/Bm-Bm-Bm/G-G-G-G/Bm…)

Bm G Bm G Bm
An actress, sooner the better for me
G F F E
you should know by now i’m not your friend
Bm G Bm G Bm
Your ravelled up, just take some time to come undone
G F/F/E
you look so tired, I know your type
E Bm G Bm G Bm
you storm out, you tear the walls and portraits down
G F/F/E
It’s what you want, it’s how we are…

Chorus-
Take it or leave it
Slow down, slow down
I’ll stay awake for you
If you can stay awake for me
Your broken to break down
Slow down, slow down
G F/F/E
I’m not so sure, so wait and see…

(Solo beat) E/Bm/G/Bm/G/Bm/G/F/F/E

Next Verse-(Same beat)

Bridge-
Bm G
I don’t think I could trust love anymore
Bm G
I don’t think i could trust love anymore
Bm G F/F/E
I don’t think I could trust love anymore

Chorus-(x2)

Thanks.

Keep in mind that Howie Day uses a very unique strumming pattern, and you need to
listen the song to get it right. Try doing some hammer ons when switching between
Cadd9 to C Cmaj7, and from Asus2 to Am to Asus4. I think Howie uses them (depending
on which version of “She Says” you are listening to.) For the chorus, the chords
are placed roughly the word that you should be singing when you hit them, but it’s
not perfect.
Good Luck!

Chords Used

----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------1-------3-------0----|
----3-------1-------0-------0-------1-------3-------1-------3-------0----|
----0-------0-------0-------2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0----|
----2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------3-------0-------2----|
----3-------3-------3-------0-------0-------0-------3-------2-------2----|
----X-------X-------X-------0-------0-------0------0or1-----3-------0----|

Intro:(use same stumming pattern as verse below)

Verse: (with general strumming pattern, but listen to song for rhythm)

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

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

Verse One:

Sweet is the sight
Of her room
Window open by candlelight
How would you know?
Cold winter on the shore
Chills the dress she wore
It’s on the floor
Still it feels so warm…today

Pre-Chorus:(start by still strumming the last C from verse 1)

And that’s why I’m wondering why you had to tell me

What’s going on in her head, what’s wrong,

Come around to another time when you don’t have to run

Chorus:

And when she says she wants somebody else

I hope you know that she doesn’t mean you and

When she breaks down and makes a sound

You’ll never hear her the way that I do

And when she says she wants someone to love

I hope you know that she doesn’t mean you

And when she breaks down and lets you down

I hope you know she doesn’t mean you

Outro: (back to verse)

Em F C Em F –> Begin Verse

Verse Two:

Swing into flight
Over hills…
Over her hills, it’s twilight
Yeah, I guess that’s right now
While were here
Tell me why it’s so funny
That you’re so funny when you’re mad
Always so mad…so mad

Chorus

Interlude: (after second chorus)

Yeah and I don’t know where
Come and find me
I don’t know what
We’re coming to and
I don’t know what
It means to me and
You don’t know what

G Am --> --> (strum once each) --> Em F

It means to you

(Howie moans and mumbles a bit after the last line of the interlude, and he continutes
the Em F G Am sequence, but I didn’t include that.)

Then Howie wraps it up with the intro one more time