Intro:

D5 C5 Bb5 D5

Verse 1:
    D5
The truth comes out as the fire burns low 
   C5
it comes to light as only embers glow 
    Bb5                                        D5    C5
the whiskey talks, the west wind moans in the night 

Verse 2:
    D5
The deadfall's gathered and the branches are cut 
    C5
the kindling crackles and the smoke curls up 
    Bb5                                            D5    C5
the small sticks catch then the bigger stuff will burn 

Verse 3:
   D5
Chinook dies down as the dark descends 
C5
pine has burned, the ash has cleansed 
    Bb5                                     D5   C5
the message smolders, is lost, but finally sent 

Verse 4:
D5
Connie says she's never seen the cougars so bold 
        C5
they're comin in the yard and they're stealin young colts 
     Bb5                                                D5   C5
they drag em in the brush with the claws sunk in their nose 

Verse 5:
    D5
The weather's been funny thirty years or so 
    C5
the winters got warm , not as much snow 
         Bb5                                         D5  C5
hear the big cats comin cuz there's nowhere left to go 

Verse 6:
          D5
You gotta look out for bear when you're fishing on lee's creek 
        C5
they'll come round the bend and they'll make your knees weak 
        Bb5                                         D5     C5
there's grizzlies where there was no grizzly bears before 

Instrumental:

D5 C5 Bb5 D5 C5

D5 C5 Bb5 D5

Verse 7: (When he plays this verse live, he usually isn't playing anything.
          But if you're doing this alone then you can play the same
          progression.)
D5
Half heard voices from the ghosts, from the graves 
    C5
the grandfathers tell us at the mouths of the caves 
     Bb5                                      D5       C5
only old chiefs older than jesus can save us now, if we're lucky 

Verse 8:
D5
White man light a big fire, stay cold 
    C5
the red man's warmer, but the old man's old 
    Bb5                                D5
the antelope seeks the buffalo in the night 

Bridge:
    Bb5                                 F5     C5
The antelope mourns the buffalo in the night

Verse 9:
C#5     D5
You gotta look out for bear when you're fishing on lee's creek 
        C5
they'll come round the bend and they'll make your knees weak 
        Bb5                                         D5     C5
there's grizzlies where there was no grizzly bears before

Verse 10:
D5
The truth comes out as the fire burns low
   C5
It comes to light as only embers glow
    Bb5                                 D5    C5   Bb5  D5
the antelope mourns the buffalo in the night

And that should be that for The Truth Comes Out by the Corb Lund Band. As 
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