Tabbed By: F4R3W311

Tuning: Standard


Watch the video for the opening riff. Its not hard.


Intro Riff:

e | ----------------- |    (repeat)
b | --2-------------- | 
g | --2-------------- | 
d | --2-------------- | 
a | --0----------2--- | 
E | ------3(b)---0--- | 


Intro riff is played where the "E" chord is thought the song.
Listen to the song for timing.


Verse 1
-------
E5
Ive been smoking a lot of cigarettes
E5
Ive been shuffling my feet
E5
Making payments on some long past dues
A5            C5        D5     E5
This slice of life aint cheap


Verse 2
-------
E5
Ive been doing a little drinking
E5
It dont tickle my bone
E5
Whats a man to do with these old walking shoes
A5      C5            D5
If they never get you home
              E5
Never get you home


Chorus 1
--------
A5       D5        A5    C5                  E5
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A5       D5        A5    C5                  E5
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
B5
When the one you love......dont love you
         A5             C5                  E5
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do


Verse 3
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E5
Picking up rocks in this old river bed
E5
Im just trying to forget
E5
Some days you take from it what you want
A5            C5            D5     E5
Some days you take what you get


Verse 4
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E5
I have seen the whites of your knuckles
E5
And Ive seen the blood in your spit
E5
You can give up, you can give in
A5          C5    D5
But you can never quit
                 E5
Oh you can never quit


Chorus 2
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A5       D5        A5    C5                  E5
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A5       D5        A5    C5                  E5
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A5       D5        A5    C5                          E5
Somebody tell the truth......wont somebody tell the truth
B5
When the one you love......dont love you
              A5             C5            E5
Somebody......tell the truth......Tell the truth
E5
Somebody tell the truth
E5
Somebody tell the truth
E5
Somebody tell the truth
E5
Somebody tell the truth
E5
Somebody tell the truth



Chord Chart:

***I realize that these are probably not the proper names for the chords***
***I don't care what the proper names for the chords are***
***Just play them as shown in the chart below***

    E5     A5     C5     D5     B5     D5
e | --0-----0------0------0------x-----2---- | 
B | --0-----2------5------7------x-----3---- | 
G | --1-----0------0------0------4-----2---- | 
D | --2-----2------5------7------4-----0---- | 
A | --2-----0------0------0------2-----x---- | 
E | --0-----x------x------x------x-----x---- |