...TELL IT LIKE IT IS... by Aaron Neville
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*Released 1966*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Bbm)


Intro:

D7 (xx0212@1)Verse 1:

       Am (x02210@1)               D7If (xx0212@1)you want, something to play with,
                        G (320003@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6Go (320000@1)and find your-self a toy.
	E7 (020130@1)           Am (x02210@1)    D7Baby (xx0212@1)my time is too ex-pensive,
	                G (320003@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6 (320000@1)G7And (320001@1)I'm not your little boy.

Chorus 1:

Bm (x24432@1)        Em (022000@1)If you are serious,
Bm (x24432@1)Don't play with my heart;
            EmIt (022000@1)makes me furious.
Bm (x24432@1)                   C (x32010@1)But if you want me to love you,
	    D (xx0232@1)   C/D (x5555x@1)           DThen (xx0232@1)baby I will, girl you know I will.

Verse 2:

D7 (xx0212@1) Am (x02210@1)Tell it like it is,
           D7Don't (xx0212@1)be ashamed,
                               G (320003@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6To (320000@1)let your conscience be your guide.
      E7 (020130@1)      AmBut (x02210@1)I know deep down inside of me,
              D7I (xx0212@1)believe you love me;
                     G (320003@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6 (320000@1)G7For-get (320001@1)your foolish pride.

Chorus 2:

Bm (x24432@1)                       Em (022000@1)Life is too short to have sorrow,
Bm (x24432@1)                  Em (022000@1)We may be here today and gone tomorrow.
Bm (x24432@1)                            C (x32010@1)You might as well get what you want,
	     D (xx0232@1)   D/C (x30232@1)          DSo (xx0232@1)go on and live, girl go on and live.

Verse 3:

D7 (xx0212@1) Am (x02210@1)Tell it like it is,
           D7Don't (xx0212@1)be ashamed,
                            G (320003@1)   Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6Let (320000@1)your conscience be your guide.
      E7 (020130@1)      AmBut (x02210@1)I know deep down inside of me,
              D7I (xx0212@1)believe you love me;
                     G (320003@1)  Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)G6 (320000@1)G7For-get (320001@1)your foolish pride.

	A7/C# (042020@1)        G7/D     Dm (xx0231@1)G7Baby (320001@1)my time is too ex-pensive,
	Dm (xx0231@1)G7 (320001@1)        C (x32010@1)  Cmaj7 (x32000@1)C6And (03221x@1)I'm not your little boy.
G7 (320001@1) Am (x02210@1)Tell it like it is...

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D7 (xx0212@1)    Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)    Gmaj7 (xx5432@1)  G6 (320000@1)    E7 (020130@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0212  x02210  320003  3x443x  322000  020100

   G7 (320001@1)    Bm (x24432@1)    Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)     C/D (x5555x@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 323000  x24432  022000  x32010  xx0232  x00010


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)