• Song:

    Tell It Like It Is

  • Artist:

    Tracy Chapman

  • Album:

    New Beginning

. = "Stacato"
: = "Repeat"


OK, so far so good, here are the chords:

INTRO:

  Guitar harmonics: E5          A5    (x4):
e | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--0.-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--: | 
B | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--0.-0-0-0-0-3--3--3--3--: | 
G | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--0.-0-0-0-0-2--2--2--2--: | 
D | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--2.-2-2-2-2-2--2--2--2--: | 
A | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--2.-2-2-2-2-0--0--0--0--: | 
E | ----12-12-12-12-- | :--0.-0-0-0-0-x--x--x--x--: | 


(The rythm for the "Em Asus" part keeps the same the whole song, however, if the chords
the rythm changes too. E.G. the C5 G5 A5 
part)


VERSE 1:

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5               E5   A5   E5   A5
         Tell it like it is!

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5              E5     A5
        Tell it like it is___!

E5    A5               E5    A5
        What brakes your heart.

E5    A5                C5
        What keeps you a- wake,

G5          A5(9)  G5
  awake at night.

E5    A5

E5    A5                     C5
        What makes you want to break___

G5          A5(9)  G5
  down and cry___.

E5    A5    E5    A5
                       But say you'll never

C5                            A5(9)
turn you back.  Say you'll never harden to the world. Say you'll never

C5                   A5(9)
try to still the rythms in your breast. Say you'll never

C5                         A5(9)
look at the evil among us and try to forget. Say you'll tell it like it

E5    A5    E5    A5    E5    A5 E5    A5
is!


Verse 2:

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5              E5     A5
        So everyone can hear__!

E5    A5

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5              E5     A5
        Tell it like it is___!

E5    A5               E5    A5
        What brakes your heart______.

E5    A5                C5
        What keeps you a- wake,

G5           A5(9)  G5
   awake at night.

E5    A5

E5    A5                C5  G5                 A5
        How you anger and grief___  make you want to cry out___
G5
and tell it like it

E5    A5    E5    A5
is___!                But say you'll never

C5                                  A5(9)
close your eyes or pretend that it's a rosy world. Say you'll never try to

C5                         A5(9)
paint what it's rotten with a sugar coat. Say you talk about the

C5                       A5(9)
horrors you've seen and the torments you know. And tell it like it

E5    A5    E5    A5    E5    A5 E5    A5
is!

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO: (The acoustic guitar plays:)

: E5 A4E5 A4E5
A4C5 GA5(9) GE5
A5 :

VERSE 3:

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5               E5     A5
        So noone can for-get__!

E5    A5

E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5    A5              E5     A5
        Tell it like it is___!

E5    A5               E5    A5
        What brakes your heart.

E5    A5                C5
        What keeps you a- wake,

G5           A5(9)  G5
   awake at night.

E5    A5

E5    A5                     C5
        What makes you want to break___

G5              A5
 the ties that silence and bind,
G5
and tell it like it

E5    A5    E5    A5
is___!                    Say you'll never

C5                                              A5(9)
cover your ears and close your mouth and live in a silent world. Say

            C5                                A5(9)
you'll only run as far or as fast as you need to be secure. Say that then

       C5                 A5(9)
you'll tell the truth when a lie cross your lips. And tell it like it

A5(9)(let ring)
is, yeah yeah yeah...

E5    A5    E5    A5    E5    A5 E5    A5

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO 2:

: E5 A4E5 A4E5
A5 :

OUTRO:

E5              A5     E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5              A5     E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5              A5     E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

E5              A5     E5              A5
Say it, say it, say it!

Em (let ring)
Say it, say it, say it!
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