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She Said

Collective Soul
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 properly. Here they are:
 Chords:
e--3------------3------------1----------0-|
B--3------------3------------1----------1-|
G--0------------0------------2----------0-|
D--0------------2------------3----------2-|
A--2------------3------------3----------3-|
E--3------------X------------1----------X-|
e-------------------|
B---------3-----3---|
G---------0-----0---|
D---------0-----0---|
A---2h3-----2-------|
E-----------------3-|
 For the beginning of the song, the riff is played twice, then played over the verse:
 She said that time is unfair to a woman her age,
 Now that wisdom has come, everything else fades,
She  said she realizes that,
She's  seen her better days,
 x2)
 (drum beat which can be done very well with muted strumming on an acoustic)
 She said you gotta look back, to the days of youth,
 What she thought were lies, she later found was truth,
She  said her daddy had dreams,
But  he drank them away,
And  her mother's to blame,
For  the way she is today,
 (drum beat)
Life's  river shall rise,  she said,
Then  only the  strong shall survive, she said,
But  I'm feeling quite  weak, she said,
Won't  you comfort and forgive  me, she said
 She said she's still searching for salvation's light,
 Yeah, she wishes all day, then she prays all night,
She  said she won't speak of love,
Cause  love she's never known,
And  it's moments like these,
When  she hates to be alone,
 (drum beat)
Life's  river shall rise,  she said,
Then  only the strong  shall survive, she said,
But  I'm feeling quite weak,  she said,
Will  you comfort and forgive  me, she said,
F---C---Riff---F---C---Riff(x8)
 (drum beat)
Life's  river shall rise,  she said,
Then  only the strong  shall survive, she said,
But  I'm feeling quite weak,  she said,
Will  you comfort and forgive  me, she said,
Life's  river shall rise,  she said,
Then  only the strong  shall survive, she said,
But  I'm feeling quite weak,  she said,
Will  you comfort and forgive,  forgive me, she said,
 Forgive me, she said,
 Forgive me, she said
 That's it. It's one of my favorite songs, so I felt it needed to be done justice. I
 performed this at places that got some major crowds and they loved it the way it was done,
 is EXACTLY as I've relayed it to you. The only thing I couldn't put in words or symbols
 timing. That's up to you. If you can figure this out, then you can figure out the
  It's not really that hard.
 "You stood on the shoulders of geniuses and before you even knew what you had, you
 it, packaged it, slapped it on a plastic lunchbox and now, you're selling it." -Ian Malcolm

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Readable chord sheet for She Said by Collective Soul

properly.  Here they are:

Chords:

[G]             [Cadd9]          [F]          [C]

e--3------------3------------1----------0-|
B--3------------3------------1----------1-|
G--0------------0------------2----------0-|
D--0------------2------------3----------2-|
A--2------------3------------3----------3-|
E--3------------X------------1----------X-|

e-------------------|
B---------3-----3---|
G---------0-----0---|
D---------0-----0---|
A---2h3-----2-------|
E-----------------3-|

For the beginning of the song, the riff is played twice, then played over the verse:

She said that time is unfair to a woman her age,

Now that wisdom has come, everything else fades,

[F]She said she realizes that,

[C]She's seen her better days,

x2)
(drum beat which can be done very well with muted strumming on an acoustic)

She said you gotta look back, to the days of youth,

What she thought were lies, she later found was truth,

[F]She said her daddy had dreams,

[C]But he drank them away,

[F]And her mother's to blame,

[C]For the way she is today,

(drum beat)

[G]Life's river shall [Cadd9]rise, she said,

[G]Then only the[Cadd9] strong shall survive, she said,

[G]But I'm feeling quite[Cadd9] weak, she said,

[G]Won't you comfort and [Cadd9]forgive me, she said

She said she's still searching for salvation's light,

Yeah, she wishes all day, then she prays all night,

[F]She said she won't speak of love,

[C]Cause love she's never known,

[F]And it's moments like these,

[C]When she hates to be alone,

(drum beat)

[G]Life's river shall [Cadd9]rise, she said,

[G]Then only the s[Cadd9]trong shall survive, she said,

[G]But I'm feeling quite we[Cadd9]ak, she said,

[G]Will you comfort and f[Cadd9]orgive me, she said,

F---C---Riff---F---C---Riff(x8)
(drum beat)

[G]Life's river shall [Cadd9]rise, she said,

[G]Then only the s[Cadd9]trong shall survive, she said,

[G]But I'm feeling quite we[Cadd9]ak, she said,

[G]Will you comfort and f[Cadd9]orgive me, she said,

[G]Life's river shall [Cadd9]rise, she said,

[G]Then only the s[Cadd9]trong shall survive, she said,

[G]But I'm feeling quite [Cadd9]weak, she said,

[G]Will you comfort and [Cadd9]forgive, forgive me, she said,

Forgive me, she said,

Forgive me, she said

[G]

That's it.  It's one of my favorite songs, so I felt it needed to be done justice.  I
performed this at places that got some major crowds and they loved it the way it was done,
is EXACTLY as I've relayed it to you.  The only thing I couldn't put in words or symbols
timing.  That's up to you.  If you can figure this out, then you can figure out the
 It's not really that hard.

"You stood on the shoulders of geniuses and before you even knew what you had, you
it, packaged it, slapped it on a plastic lunchbox and now, you're selling it."  -Ian Malcolm

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