Bryan Adams - Do I Have To Say The Words Chords & Tabs

                      Bryan Adams-Do I have to say the words

Tabbed by: Sanjeev George and Thomas George, Bangalore, India
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This song needs at least 2 guitars-the lead and rhythm. We have tabbed both as much as 
could hear, but maybe a few arpeggio riffs have been missed. Anyway, here goes……..

| s  slide up or down, as required.
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  hold note and let ring
| b  bend
| r  release

Riff A
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7------8------10----7------8-----7----------------------------------------|
G|----7------7------------7------7--------------------------------------------|
D|------7------7------------7------7------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff b
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------5--------|3     |--------------------------------|
G|----7--------7---|times |--7p6----7p6----6---------------|
D|--7---7----7-----|      |-------7-----7------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

Riff C
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-------11-------10---|3     |-------------------------------------------|
G|-----10-------10---------|times |--10p9----10p9------10s12------------------|
D|--------10-------10------|      |-------10-------10-------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff D
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----5---7---5--------------------------|
D|--7---7---7----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Riff E all chords let ring
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bryan_adams/do_i_have_to_say_the_words_tab_ver_2.html ]
    D5   Bb5  C5   A5   Bb5  A5   C5   D5   Bb5  C5(mild strum)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7----3----5---------3---------5----7----3----5-------------------|
D|--7----3----5----7----3----5----5----7----3----5-------------------|
A|--5----1----3----7----1----5----3----5----1----3-------------------|
E|-----------------5---------3---------------------------------------|

Corresponding guitar 2                           palm muted
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--s3-3-3--5—5h6--------s5-5-5--6-6h8-------------3--1-----3--1-----1---------|
G|-----------------3-------------------------------------2--------2------------|
D|-------------------------------- ------7-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff F              Riff G
e|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3-------5-----|---5---3---5---3---7-----------------------------------------|
D|--3---3---5-----|---5---3---5---3---7-----------------------------------------|
A|--1---3---3-----|---3---1---3---1---5-----------------------------------------|
E|------1---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo:
e|-------------------------------------13---------------------15------------------|
B|--11b-----11br-----11br~---13b---13b----13r---11--13---15b------15b-------------|
G|---------------12---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                          Not too sure about this………..
e|--12—12h13p12p10------10-------13-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------13------13b------13b—-13br------13br--------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------14--------14---14---12----12h14~--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The song structure is
Intro=Riff A
Verse 1=Riff B
Pre chorus1=Riff C and D
Chorus=Riff E
Intro riff
Verse 2=Riff C
Pre chorus 2=Riff D
Chorus=Riff E
Riff F just before solo
Solo=Riff G during solo
Chorus=Riff E
Intro riff=as many times as required
Outro solo=will try to figure it out later

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