Tell Me True

(Chorus)
Cmaj7             Asus2
Tell me something true
            E7sus4
‘Cause I am tired of lies.
Cmaj7             Asus2
Tell me something true
           E7sus4
To help me realize
     Dm6                E7/D
That there is something real
       Am7/G          D
Hiding underneath the pain
      Dm6           E7
And I need to get a feel
           Dm6     E7
For what remains
           Am7
So tell me true.


Am7
Tell me there’s a reason
           G
That we’re living with a lie,
        Dm
Trapped in this coldest season
     E7
Underneath a cloudy sky.
      Am7
There are no birds here singing
     G
In a world that’s colored gray.
    Dm
The wind is chill and stinging
      E7
And I just know how to say

Tell me there’s a place
That we can stand on common ground.
Look me in the face
And tell me why the world is spinning round.
I believe in common fact
And I still believe in hope,
But I’m battered by the cataract
And I’m running out of rope.


(Bridge)
Dm6
Tell me why I ought to care
    Am7
And do not tell me lies,
       G              E7
‘Cause lying fills me with despair
        Am7
And I’m learning to despise.
Dm6
All these bits of fiction
            Am7
That you’re telling me are true
         G
Leave me caught in contradiction
        E7                                      Am7
Leafing through the list of lies that come from you.


(Chorus twice)

E7      Am7
Tell me true.
E7      Am7
Tell me true.