Key: C
Introduction:
C G
Tell the truth to yourself
F G
And the rest will fall in place
C G
Tell the truth to yourself
F G G7
And the rest will fall in place
C C/B Am G F Fm
I lied to the doctor
C C/B Am G F Fm
I lied to my lover
Pre-Chorus
C C/B Am G F Fm
I wanna make amends, but where do I start?
C G
Tell the truth to yourself (Tell the truth)
F G
And the rest will fall in place (To your)
C G
Tell the truth to yourself (Tell the truth)
F G G7
And the rest will fall in place
Dm G
Ah, ah
C C/B Am
Ah, ah
Dm G
Ah, ah
Em F
Ah, ah
F G C C/B Am
Tell the truth to yourself
Dm G Em F
Tell the truth
Interlude
Dm G C C/B Am
I can make my mother, my father, my sister, my brother
Dm G
My lover, my neighbor, my friends all happy
Em F
Give of myself whatever they ask
Dm
But without this single truth
G
It is only emptiness that I cast
C C/B Am
A happiness that will not last
Dm
But I'm not here for that
G
For what does happiness help
Em F
Without this simple truth given to thyself?
C C/B Am G F Fm
I was the coward
C C/B Am G F Fm
How they strangled your heart
Pre-Chorus
C C/B Am G F Fm
I wanna make amends, but where do I start?
C G
Tell the truth to yourself
F G
And the rest will fall in place
C G
Tell the truth to yourself
F G
And the rest will fall in place
C G
Tell the truth to yourself (Tell the truth)
F G
And the rest will fall in place (To your)
C G
Tell the truth to yourself (Tell the truth)
F G G7
And the rest will fall in place