{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1028349,"song":"The Truth About Us","artist":"Skydiggers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11226887-the-truth-about-us-chords-by-skydiggers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1028349?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Can't find the lyrics anywhere, so I did my best, been wanting to play this for a \r\nlong time, sounds about right to me.  \r\nthe D is a C chord shape slid up to the 5th fret like so (at least, thats what is done live).  \r\nListen to the song for pace/strum pattern, I tried to get the chords lined up on \r\nexactly the right words, \r\nbut where I put them and this tab submission thing puts them are two very different places.\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\ne- 0\r\nB- 3\r\nG- 0\r\nD- 4\r\nA- 5\r\nE- x[/tab]\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen we rode into town we didnt have horses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe had fate by the balls and destinys face turned in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe settled for less on loves dusty trail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe wanted something more than just an ok coral[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake the skeletons from the closet, put em under the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLets settle up on boothill to the view we adore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeres the truth about us, we get exhumed by assumption[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe have to work hard, have to get on a talk show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet the host root around, see where it goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf thats too far well bust a chair right over his nose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTake a bite of the big apple while the room is for free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSpit the pulp into the Hudson like it was British tea[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                                   \r\nAw marina, marina, its sad and its lonely, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhen your pointing the gun at the president[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                        \r\nIm a flunky with a rifle, Im an NRA golden boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\na genius forging a legend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeres the truth about us, we came in demanding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA scarlet face wrung battle southern bell - ?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI let Hoover reply, left me hard to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe truth about us is buried deep in Connolys lake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOpen all the coffins, only one thing inside     [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA pink dress and a pillbox hat with Camelot tags[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAw marina, marina, its cold and its lonely[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the porters are carrying your coffin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh please baby please let the coincidence leave me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA martyr to patriotic negligence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShould old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to trial[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere every girl and boy can grow up to be the president[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr grow up to be the presidents killer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIts equal opportunity, its the land of hope and glory[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIts a cheap Italian mail order thriller[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeres the truth about us, we sailed from Manhatten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were hoping to find the tears from Ellis island[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSend them back from the shore, send them back out to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow a promise can grow smaller if the two sides agree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe sent them packing off to Auschwitz when we heard the reports[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               \r\nWe wrote how dare you with their ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs if we couldnt have known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYa see marina, marina, I took lessons from my country[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAbout national interest and the big picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonna manifest my destiny, gonna spread the legs of misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGot a piece in my hand and Im loaded[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the truth about us aint hard to figure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell its adding up to a hell of a toll on us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe been up all night, let the tympani roll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFacts in paper pledges turned to solid gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPick up your guns from the thug in classroom B[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheres people out there whose lives depend on our misery, misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIts the truth about us...[/tab]","plain_text":"Can't find the lyrics anywhere, so I did my best, been wanting to play this for a \nlong time, sounds about right to me.  \nthe D is a C chord shape slid up to the 5th fret like so (at least, thats what is done live).  \nListen to the song for pace/strum pattern, I tried to get the chords lined up on \nexactly the right words, \nbut where I put them and this tab submission thing puts them are two very different places.\n\n\n\nIntro: G","chords":["D","C","B","G","A","E","Am","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}