{"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":956668,"song":"The Man Who Would Speak True","artist":"Blitzen Trapper","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617706-the-man-who-would-speak-true-chords-by-blitzen-trapper/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/956668?type=chord","rating":4.65685,"votes":25,"content":"Tuning: Standard EADGBe\r\n\r\n**CAPO 7th FRET**\r\n\r\n\r\nChord reference (note the chord names are written as if there was\r\n                 no capo, for simplicity):\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A9[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  \r\ne|-------------------0----0----0----3----2---|\r\nB|--1----1------1----3----0----1----0----3---|\r\nG|--2----2------2----4----2----0----0----2---|\r\nD|--2----0------0----0----x----2----0----0---|\r\nA|--0----x------x----5----4----3----2--------|\r\nE|-------3------2----0----0---------3--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nI had a lover, name was Grace[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nShe found me down in a lonely place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nShe dug me out with an old jar bow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nShe dressed me up for to take me home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nShe fed me words that I could not taste[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nFor I had no tongue, it had been replaced[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nBy a green and a-growin' flower which grew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]D7sus4[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew if I ever spoke I would speak true[/tab]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nWe lived together in an old hotel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  \r\nBroke-down palace with a wishing well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nThe neighbour girl taught me how to spell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd how to steal what I could not sell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nBut I fed my tongue on the devil's rum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd a roadhouse run by a godless bum[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nOn a drunken night with a stolen gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nI shot my lover as she made to run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nThe judge said \"Son, what have you done?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nBut I didn't speak a word, no I didn't speak one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the judge sent me away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7sus4[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they buried my Grace, yeah, the very next day[/tab]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nThey sent me out on a midnight train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                            [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nIn the rain rollin' down through the dusty plain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n4 men sittin' with an old shotgun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nsilver stars pinned on everyone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nThey busted my mouth for to get at my tongue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nTo see just how this had all begun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nSo I opened my mouth like a dragon's breath[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]                      [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nI only spoke truth, but it only brought death[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I laid those boys to rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7sus4[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the truth in truth is a terrible jest[/tab]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]                   [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nFor there ain't no road but the road to home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no crops but the one's you've sown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if you learn one thing from me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7sus4[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou better guard your tongue like your enemy[/tab]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nI came to ground in a one horse town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nOn the western rim where the sun go down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nWhere a branded man might start again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nFor to ride his rung, for to lose his sin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nBut my tongue kept growing, it would not cease[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                         [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\nI grew quite weary, couldn't get no release[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                        [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nSo I went to the magistrate and turned myself in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]A9[/ch]\r\nPicked up a shovel and he made the grin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they planted me by the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D7sus4[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow the birds of the air make nests on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D7sus4[/ch]\r","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard EADGBe\n\n**CAPO 7th FRET**\n\n\nChord reference (note the chord names are written as if there was\n                 no capo, for simplicity):\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\nD7sus4     D7     D7sus4\n\n---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\nD7sus4     D7     D7sus4\n\n---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\nD7sus4     D7     D7sus4\n\n---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\nD7sus4     D7     D7sus4\n\n---\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\nD7sus4     D7     D7sus4\n\nAm      D7sus4     D7     D7sus4","chords":["Am","D7sus4","D7","Em7","A9","C","G","D","B","A","E"],"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}