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Tell Me the Truth  by Midnight Oil

*this is the acoustic version from the CD "Alternative NRG"

NOTE: I'm calling this chord F#7:
e-|-0-
B-|-0-
G-|-3-
D-|-4-
A-|-4-
e-|-2-


The little solo-thing in the INTRO and CHORUS:

e-|--9-------------9--|
B-|----10-------10----|
G-|-------9-7-9-------|
D-|-------------------|
A-|-------------------|
E-|-------------------|


LYRICS:

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)     F#7 (242352@1)    F# (244322@1)                    F#7I (242352@1)believe   we're crossing a great ravine

      F# (244322@1)                   estill (022000@1)yearning,   half-way a stranger

F# (244322@1)     F#7 (242352@1)  F# (244322@1)            F#7I (242352@1)believe    in our multiplicity

      F# (244322@1)                      estill (022000@1)part-blind, no reason for anger

  A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) so why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           F# (244322@1) e (022000@1)    B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)      F#m (244222@1) why don't you tell me the truth about you

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)F# (244322@1)F# (244322@1)   F#7F#                            F#7tyranny (242352@1)   crushing the young bird's seed

F# (244322@1)                                ehallowe'en's (022000@1)mate short fuse of the banker

          F# (244322@1)     F#7 (242352@1)   F# (244322@1)                         F#7I (242352@1)can see vaseline,    you smeared it across every scene

    F# (244322@1)                            ethe (022000@1)anchorman drowns in a sea of sensation

F#I (244322@1)thought myself wise through all of these hopeless times

                                                   ebut (022000@1)I told myself, told myself, you've got to hold on

  A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) so why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           F# (244322@1) e (022000@1)    B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)      F#m (244222@1) why don't you tell me the truth about you

  A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1) why don't you tell me

  A (x02220@1)           F# (244322@1) e (022000@1)    B (x2444x@1)   F# (244322@1)      F#m (244222@1) why don't you tell me the truth about you


D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)   about you,    about you

[D  A  until end]


Jonathan Hart
Oils@total.net