• Song:

    Telling Stories

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    Live Performances: 1988...

Tom: E5
Intro
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E5       G5                      C5     G5                  D5
There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, a memory
         G5                    C5           G5                D5      (2 x E5 C5 G5 D5 )
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories       
 

         G5                      C5     G5         D5
There is fiction in the space between you and reality
          G5             C5                  G5                  D5
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seem less mundane
         G5                      C5     G5       D5      (2 x  E5 C5 G5 D5 )
There is fiction in the space between you and me.    
 

                  G5                      C5     G5       D5
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
       G5             C5       G5              D5
A fabrication, grand scheme. I am the scary monster
        G5                     C5           G5              D5
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
       G5                  C5             G5              D5
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing.  
( 2 x  E5 C5 G5 D5   )
 

Bridge:
D5                          C5                G5
Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak
D5                                             C5       G5       
Back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
C5                    G5                     E5
Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between. 
( E5 4 Saiten) 

         G5                      C5     G5       D5
There is fiction in the space between you and everybody
G5                   C5             G5             D5
Give us all what we need. Give us one more sad, sordid story.
       G5                      C5     G5              D5
In the fiction of the space between sometimes a lie is the best thing
       G5       C5       G5             D5    (repeat G5 C5 G5 D5 )
                       sometimes a lie is the best thing        

                                       is the best thing  (repeat)
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