Intro: D   A    D  F#
 
F#       F#7      F#                      F#7
I believe   we're crossing a great ravine
      F#                     E
Still yearning,   half-way a stranger
F#       F#7    F#              F#7
I believe    in our multiplicity
      F#                        E
Still part-blind, no reason for anger
F#       F#7      F#                      F#7
I believe we pull up our roots and retreat
      F#                     E
A new crop of aerials in Dacca and Canberra


  A                D    G  
  So why don't you tell me
  A             D    G
  Why don't you tell me
  A             F#   E      B     F#        F#m 
  Why don't you tell me the truth about you

Solo:  
D   A    D  F#

F#     F#7 F#                            F#7
Vaseline, you smeared it across every scene
F#                                  E
Anchor-man drowns in a sea of sensation
F#     F#7 F#                            F#7
Tyranny    crushing the young bird's seed
F#                                  E
Halloween's mate short fuse of the banker


F#
I thought myself wise through all of these hopeless times
                                                   E
But I told myself, told myself, you've got to hold on


  A                D    G  
  So why don't you tell me
  A             D    G
  Why don't you tell me
  A             F#   E      B     F#        F#m 
  Why don't you tell me the truth about you
  A             D    G  
  Why don't you tell me
  A             D    G
  Why don't you tell me
  A             F#   E      B     F#        F#m 
  Why don't you tell me the truth about you
D   A          D  A
    About you,    about you
D  A  
Until End