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                The Wild Truth - T Bone Burnett
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T Bone Burnett
The Wild Truth (1988)
(T Bone Burnett)

From: "The Talking Animals"

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INTRO

| B| (x2444x@1)% | E| (022100@1)% | 
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B (x2444x@1)You never said it was a bed of roses
E (022100@1)But you never said it was a bed of nails
B (x2444x@1)You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses
E (022100@1)Or how unsteady were the justice scales
           A (x02220@1)    GI (320003@1)need the wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    GThe (320003@1)wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)     EThe (022100@1)wild truth

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B (x2444x@1)On the street there are a billion people
E (022100@1)They got no love, they got no hope
B (x2444x@1)They got no youth, they got no beauty
E (022100@1)They're looking backwards through a telescope
               A (x02220@1)    GThey (320003@1)need the wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    GThe (320003@1)wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)     BThe (x2444x@1)wild truth

B (x2444x@1)            
Whatever happened to the man walking down the street
                      AbmWith (133111@4)his hands in his pockets whistling a tune?
A (x02220@1)                                                 B (x2444x@1)Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same thing
B (x2444x@1)            
I don't know how to make any choices anymore, I mean,
Abm (133111@4)                                          A (x02220@1)Who do I vote for?  I get the feeling that as soon as
                                               BSomething (x2444x@1)appears in the paper it ceases to be true
B (x2444x@1)I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice
       Abm (133111@4)                                   ALike (x02220@1)a safe. Someone with the courage to allow room for
                   BGood (x2444x@1)things to run wild
         B (x2444x@1)    AInto (x02220@1)the wild truth
    B (x2444x@1)    AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
    B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)     EThe (022100@1)wild truth

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B (x2444x@1)We don't need no voodoo stories
E (022100@1)From no magic president
B (x2444x@1)Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli
E (022100@1)By using phantoms for his evidence
            A (x02220@1)    GWe (320003@1)need the wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    GThe (320003@1)wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)     EThe (022100@1)wild truth

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B (x2444x@1)I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me
E (022100@1)Into the noise where I hide my sin
B (x2444x@1)My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me
E (022100@1)I can't live a life that might have been
           A (x02220@1)    GI (320003@1)need the wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    GThe (320003@1)wild truth
    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)     BThe (x2444x@1)wild truth

B (x2444x@1)                                                  Abm (133111@4)Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and hatred seriously? 
                               A (x02220@1)                            B (x2444x@1)It's like watching dust settle it never changes, it's too consistent
B (x2444x@1)                                          Abm (133111@4)Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind, it goes where it will. 
         A (x02220@1)                                         BMercy (x2444x@1)is comic, and it's the only thing worth taking seriously

B (x2444x@1)    AI (x02220@1)need the wild truth
    B (x2444x@1)    AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
    B (x2444x@1)    AThe (x02220@1)wild truth
    B (x2444x@1)    A (x02220@1)     EThe (022100@1)wild truth