Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard INTRO B % E % B % E % B You never said it was a bed of roses E But you never said it was a bed of nails B You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses E Or how unsteady were the justice scales A G I need the wild truth A G The wild truth A G E The wild truth B % E % B On the street there are a billion people E They got no love, they got no hope B They got no youth, they got no beauty E They're looking backwards through a telescope A G They need the wild truth A G The wild truth A G B The wild truth B Whatever happened to the man walking down the street Abm With his hands in his pockets whistling a tune? A B Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same thing B I don't know how to make any choices anymore, I mean, Abm A Who do I vote for? I get the feeling that as soon as B Something appears in the paper it ceases to be true B I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice Abm A Like a safe. Someone with the courage to allow room for B Good things to run wild B A Into the wild truth B A The wild truth B A E The wild truth B % E % B % E % B We don't need no voodoo stories E From no magic president B Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli E By using phantoms for his evidence A G We need the wild truth A G The wild truth A G E The wild truth B % E % B I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me E Into the noise where I hide my sin B My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me E I can't live a life that might have been A G I need the wild truth A G The wild truth A G B The wild truth B Abm Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and hatred seriously? A B It's like watching dust settle it never changes, it's too consistent B Abm Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind, it goes where it will. A B Mercy is comic, and it's the only thing worth taking seriously B A I need the wild truth B A The wild truth B A The wild truth B A E The wild truth