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SOMEBODY TELL THE TRUTH - BAND OF HEATHENS
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Tabbed By: F4R3W311
Date: Oct 5, 2011
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
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E
Ive been smoking a lot of cigarettes
E
Ive been shuffling my feet
E
Making payments on some long past dues
A7            C7        D7     E
This slice of life aint cheap


Verse 2
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E
Ive been doing a little drinking
E
It dont tickle my bone
E
Whats a man to do with these old walking shoes
A7      C7            D7
If they never get you home
              E
Never get you home


Chorus 1
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A7       D        A7    C7                  E
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A7       D        A7    C7                  E
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
B
When the one you love......dont love you
         A7             C7                  E
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do


Verse 3
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E
Picking up rocks in this old river bed
E
Im just trying to forget
E
Some days you take from it what you want
A7            C7            D7     E
Some days you take what you get


Verse 4
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E
I have seen the whites of your knuckles
E
And Ive seen the blood in your spit
E
You can give up, you can give in
A7          C7    D7
But you can never quit
                 E
Oh you can never quit


Chorus 2
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A7       D        A7    C7                  E
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A7       D        A7    C7                  E
Somebody tell the truth......whats a man to do
A7       D        A7    C7                          E
Somebody tell the truth......wont somebody tell the truth
B
When the one you love......dont love you
              A7             C7            E
Somebody......tell the truth......Tell the truth
E
Somebody tell the truth
E
Somebody tell the truth
E
Somebody tell the truth
E
Somebody tell the truth
E
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***

    E     A7     C7     D7     B     D
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----|