What Are You Trying To Say

Delmore Brothers

Written by Johnny Williams, Tom T. Hall, Dixie Hall

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

G
You tell me you don't like my friends
    C                            G
You don't like the cloths that I wear
You don't like the part in my hair
    D7                     G
You don't like the music I hear

Verse 2

What are you trying to say
C                          G
Why don't you say what you mean
If you're trying to say it's goodbye
A7                      D7
Why don't you just come clean

Verse 3

    G
Why don't you just get it out
    C                  G
You know I won't be surprised
You're talking in circles anyway
     D7                G
What are you trying to say

Verse 4

You say I come home too late
  C                         G
I spend too much time at my work
You say you can't sit here and wait
    D7                        G
You always say something that hurts

Verse 2

What are you trying to say
C                          G
Why don't you say what you mean
If you're trying to say it's goodbye
A7                      D7
Why don't you just come clean

Verse 3

    G
Why don't you just get it out
    C                  G
You know I won't be surprised
You're talking in circles anyway
     D7                G
What are you trying to say

Verse 5

You say I don't care how you feel
    C                     G
You say I ain't much of a deal
You say I don't care where you go
       D7                      G
That I lie when I say it ain't so

Verse 2

What are you trying to say
C                          G
Why don't you say what you mean
If you're trying to say it's goodbye
A7                      D7
Why don't you just come clean

Verse 3

    G
Why don't you just get it out
    C                  G
You know I won't be surprised
You're talking in circles anyway
     D7                G
What are you trying to say