Key: G
Introduction: G G G G
G
Saw a girl in Tampa, I asked her for a date
G
She said "Baby I'm a sailor, this thing better waits"
C7 G
I said "I don't believe you, would you show me some proof"
A D G
She showed me her tattoo then I knew that that's the truth
G
Met a woman on a highway (that's the truth)
G
By the exit sign (that's the truth)
G
You'd bet your last dollar that she was forty-nine (that's the truth)
C7
But she swore to me (that's the truth)
C7 G
That she was still in her youth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
A
When I turned down the lights (that's the truth)
D G
I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
G
Had a girl on a border, I guess she was shy (that's the truth)
G
Never spoke a word in years, not even hi (that's the truth)
C7
But one night she said "Honey (that's the truth)
C7 G
We're gonna raise the roof" (that's the truth)
A
She put on some dancin' shoes (that's the truth)
D G
Then I knew that that's the truth (that's the truth, that's the truth)
G
C7 G
G
I knew a preacher's daughter, in fact I knew her well
G
He said "Son, you better ramble unless you've got somethin' to sell (that's the truth)
C7
It's an eye for an eye (that's the truth)
C7 G
And a tooth for a tooth" (that's the truth)
A
He pulled out a forty-four (that's the truth)
D G
Now I know that that's the truth (that's the truth)
G
That's the truth (that's the truth)
A D G