What I Really Meant To Say Chords
What I Really Meant To Say by Cindi Thompson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C, F, Am, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO: 1
INTRO: C ?
VERSE 1:
F
It took me by surprise When I saw you standing there
C
Close enough to touch Breathing the same air
F
You asked me how I? been??
Am G F
I guess that?when I smiled and said just fine,
G
Oh but baby, I was lying
CHORUS 1:
C G Am
What I really meant to say Is I?dying here inside
F C
And I miss you more each day, there?not a night I haven?cried
G Dm Em F
And baby here?the truth I?still in love with you,
(N.C.) C F
That?what I really meant to say
VERSE 2:
F
And as you walked away the echo of my words
C
Cut just like a knife cut so deep it hurt
F Am G F
I held back the tears held onto my pride and watched you go
G
I wonder if you? ever know
CHORUS 1: {Slight changes}
C G Am
What I really meant to say Is I?dying here inside
F C
And I miss you more each day, there?not a night I haven?cried
G Dm F
And baby here?the truth I?still in love with you,
CHORUS 2:
C G Am
What I really meant to say Is I?dying here inside
F C
And I miss you more each day, there?not a night I haven?cried
G Dm Em F
And baby here?the truth I?still in love with you,
(N.C.) C F
That?what I really meant to say