Dr. Horrible Lyrics -- So They Say -- Guitar Chords Tabs

Submitted by tjfontaine on Sat, 07/19/2008 - 4:56pm

Act III the phenomenal finish to Dr Horrible starts off with this catchy ditty "So They Say", thanks again to all the folks at http://whedonesque.org/ for starting me off with the lyrics

Intro
      F#    G#m   B    C#   F#(chords)
G# A# F# C# G# C# B D# C# F F#(notes)
         C# G# C# B D# C# F F#(notes use the same chords)
 
        C#
So they say
        F#         G#m        B
Captain hammer’s become a crusader
    C#           F#       G#m    B
Political he’s   cleaning up the streets
      C#
About time
 
F#        G#m
  So they say
          B
That it’s real love,
C#            F#
  so romantic
G#m    B          C#
    He signed this
 
        F#
So they say
           G#m          B
We’ll have blankets and beds
       C#      F#
We can open by Monday
  G#        B
  Thanks to you
          C#
Thanks to me
 
B         D#m
  It’s the perfect story
B         F#
  So they say
       G#m         B
A hero leading the way
         D#m
Hammer’s call to glory
G#m       C#     B
Let’s all be our best
               F#
Next up: Who’s gay?
 
G#m B        C#     F#            G#m
     So they say he saved her life
 
B         C#                 F#
 They say she works with the homeless
    G#m         B
And doesn’t eat meat
C#
  We have a
F#           G#m   B
Problem with her!
            C#
This is his hair!
 
F# G#m        B  C#
      This is so nice
  F#         G#m            B         C#
I just might sleep with the same girl twice
              F#                G#m
They say it’s better the second time
     B              C#          F#    G#m
They say you get to do the weird stuff
 
B           C#
  We do the weird stuff!
 
B         D#m
  This is perfect for me
B         F#
  So they say
             G#m
I guess he’s pretty ok
B       D#m
  After years of stormy
G#m     C#     B                 F#
Sailing have I finally found the bay?
 
F# G#m B C#
F# G#m B C#
 
B            D#m           B        F#
  There’s no happy ending - So they say
    G#m          B
Not for me anyway
 
         D#m
Should I stop pretending?
         Stop pretending
 
G#m      C#        B                 F#
          Or is this a  brand    new day?
take the chance to build a brand new day!
 
G#m B C#
 
        F#      G#m
This is his dry cleaning bill
B    C#      F#
Four sweater vests
 
F# G#m B C#

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Just the music theory nut in

Submitted by Svestus (not verified) on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 3:39am.

Just the music theory nut in me nitpicking because it kinda threw me off when playing it, but in this key Ebm would be written as D#m. Same notes, different names, sorry to be a bother.

Left over from when I had the

Submitted by tjfontaine on Wed, 07/23/2008 - 9:57am.

Left over from when I had the whole song written in Gb and not F#

Variation

Submitted by Ade (not verified) on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 5:43pm.

I came up with a variation you might want to try.

Your line:

G#m C# B F#
Let’s all be our best Next up: Who’s gay?

New variant:

C#sus C# B Bm F#
Let’s all be our best Next up: Who’s gay?

Goddam formatting. I'm sure

Submitted by Ade (not verified) on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 5:44pm.

Goddam formatting. I'm sure you can figure it out anyways :s

try this G#m A#m

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 9:53pm.

try this

G#m A#m B
Let’s all be our best
C# F#
Next up: Who’s gay?

etc. for the other parts

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