Comments on: TAB: Glen Hansard – Say It To Me Now

By: Superdonut

Superdonut — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 03:30:45 +0000

Hi All. It may have been a while, but I’m trying to locate Alex (Zandy) Wight, the gentleman who did some tabbing here above, and has other most excellent tabs in GPro elsewhere on the web. I’m not with IRS, not a lawyer for BMI, just a guitarist who has appreciated his work and would like to thank him, and get in touch. It seems we have very similar tastes, and I would like to drop him a line.

Please let me know if you know how to contact him, or feel free to pass this note and my email his way.

Many Thanks and Good Wishes.

Superdonut
Superdonut@verizon.net

By: Gus

Gus — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:47:41 +0000

Glad to hear it helped Frank! Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to leave the note.

By: fBLOB

fBLOB — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:08:08 +0000

Hi Gus

Thanks for the tab – pretty much on the nose. I’ve seen GH play a good number of times over the years and he tends to change the arrangement of his playing over time (keeps things interesting I guess).

I came upon this because I was trying to figure out The Flame Turns Blue by David Gray and decided to google “song’s in Open E” to see what else I could knock out while I had the guitar retuned. Nice site.

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:38:40 +0000

Hi jcb700, I think Alex’s version which is just a little different from the one I originally posted seems pretty spot on given the three youtube videos I just watched after searching for Toronto shows. :) If you find a different tuning that works better or tab, feel free to share and I’m sure a few of us would try it out.

I honestly rarely play this song as I’m a bit lazy to switch tunings often and, the primary reason, the fact that I can’t hit the notes singing and it’s just not the same if one can’t get up there. :)

By: jcb700

jcb700 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:25:18 +0000

Even though this tuning sounds correct, if you watch the youtube video of Glen performing in Toronto, his tuning sounds quite a bit different. Any thoughts?

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:24:41 +0000

For some reason, I missed your second post asking me to correct the string label. Just noticed now though and I’ve fixed your comment. Thanks again Alex.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:08:24 +0000

Oops I mislabeled the A string as D instead of B as it should be. Can you edit that one out Gus? :-) thanks again.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:39:03 +0000

Thanks Gus, as you can see the only real difference is in the first 2 chords of the main chorus part, the first chord of the (4th time) chorus, and the outro. All the rest you had spot on. Nice blog!
-a

By: Gus

Gus — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:54:17 +0000

Thanks Alex. I added the “pre” tags to your comment to have the tab show up correctly as well.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:39:52 +0000

I think there's a couple spots that are off based on numerous live performance video and the Once DVD. Here's what I've come up with: Say It to Me Now - Glen Hansard Once (Original Soundtrack) Chords and tab by Alex (Zandy) Wight

[Open E tuning]

Into and verse chords:
    E(1)  Em7    E/D    E/C#(1)
e --0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- 
B --12-- --12-- --12-- --12-- 
G#--0--- --0--- --0--- --0--- 
E --0--- --11-- --0--- --0--- 
B --12-- --12-- --12-- --12-- 
E --0--- --0--- --10-- --9--- 

Pre-chorus chords:
  Aadd9/F#  Emaj7 Amadd9 Badd11
e ---0---- --0--- --0--- --0--- 
B ---0---- --0--- --0--- --0--- 
G#---1---- --3--- --4--- --7--- 
E ---0---- --0--- --0--- --0--- 
B ---2---- --4--- --5--- --7--- 
E ---2---- --4--- --5--- --7--- 

Chorus chords (3x):
    E(2) Eadd13-   E/C#(2)  Aadd9
e --0--- ---0---- ---0---- --0--- 
B --0--- ---13--- ---0---- --0--- 
G#--12-- ---12--- ---8---- --5--- 
E --0--- ---0---- ---0---- --0--- 
B --0--- ---0---- ---9---- --5--- 
E --0--- ---0---- ---9---- --5--- 

Chorus chords (4th time):
    E(2)  Badd11  Aadd9
e --0--- ---0---- --0--- 
B --0--- ---0---- --0--- 
G#--12-- ---7---- --5--- 
E --0--- ---0---- --0--- 
B --0--- ---7---- --5--- 
E --0--- ---7---- --5--- 

Outro:                                    ritard.................
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & ...........
e --0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|---------0-
B --7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7|-7\5-5-5-5\4-4-4|-4---4-4-4-4-4/5|--------5--
G#--0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|-------0---
E --0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|------0----
B --7/9-9-9-9\7-7-7|-7\5-5-5-5\4-4-4|-4---4-4-4-4-4/5|-----5-----
E --0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0---0-0|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|-0---------

Lyrics: Scratching at the surface now and I'm trying hard to work it out and so much has gone misunderstood and this mystery only leads to doubt and I didn't understand when you reached down to take my hand and if you have something to say you better say it now 'cause this is what you've waited for Your chance to even up the score and as these shadows fall on me now I'll win somehow, yeah 'cause I'm picking up a message Lord and I'm closer than I've ever been before so if you have something to say say it to me now just say it to me now, now, oh... oh... oh no