Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard INTRO B5 % E5 % B5 % E5 % B5 You never said it was a bed of roses E5 But you never said it was a bed of nails B5 You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses E5 Or how unsteady were the justice scales A5 G5 I need the wild truth A5 G5 The wild truth A5 G5 E5 The wild truth B5 % E5 % B5 On the street there are a billion people E5 They got no love, they got no hope B5 They got no youth, they got no beauty E5 They're looking backwards through a telescope A5 G5 They need the wild truth A5 G5 The wild truth A5 G5 B5 The wild truth B5 Whatever happened to the man walking down the street Ab5 With his hands in his pockets whistling a tune? A5 B5 Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same thing B5 I don't know how to make any choices anymore, I mean, Ab5 A5 Who do I vote for? I get the feeling that as soon as B5 Something appears in the paper it ceases to be true B5 I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice Ab5 A5 Like a safe. Someone with the courage to allow room for B5 Good things to run wild B5 A5 Into the wild truth B5 A5 The wild truth B5 A5 E5 The wild truth B5 % E5 % B5 % E5 % B5 We don't need no voodoo stories E5 From no magic president B5 Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli E5 By using phantoms for his evidence A5 G5 We need the wild truth A5 G5 The wild truth A5 G5 E5 The wild truth B5 % E5 % B5 I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me E5 Into the noise where I hide my sin B5 My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me E5 I can't live a life that might have been A5 G5 I need the wild truth A5 G5 The wild truth A5 G5 B5 The wild truth B5 Ab5 Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and hatred seriously? A5 B5 It's like watching dust settle it never changes, it's too consistent B5 Ab5 Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind, it goes where it will. A5 B5 Mercy is comic, and it's the only thing worth taking seriously B5 A5 I need the wild truth B5 A5 The wild truth B5 A5 The wild truth B5 A5 E5 The wild truth