• Song:

    Telling Stories

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    Live Performances: 1988...

Intro
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Em                              C     G                  D
There is fiction in the space between lines on a page, a memory
Em                            C           G                D      
Write it down, but it doesn't mean you're not just telling stories

(Em C G D twice) 

Em                              C     G         D
There is fiction in the space between you and reality
Em                     C                  G                  D
You would do and say anything to make your everyday life seem less mundane
Em                             C     G       D      
There is fiction in the space between you and me.

( Em C G D twice )    

Em                                       C     G       D
There's a science fiction in the space between you and me
Em                   C       G              D
A fabrication, grand scheme. I am the scary monster
Em                           C           G              D
Need to say it as I leave the scene in my spaceship I am laughing
Em                        C             G              D
Your remembrance of a bad dream there's no one but you standing.  

( repeat Em C G D twice )

Bridge:
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Feel the pity and the pain for the ones who do not speak
D                                        C            G       
Back the words you get respect and compassion and for posterity
C                    Em                 G          D           Em
Spread the words and make believe there is truth in the space between. (Em 4 bars)  


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