{"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":2877965,"song":"Truth Be Told","artist":"Matthew West","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11648793-truth-be-told-chords-by-matthew-west/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2877965?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":421,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]B[/ch]  [ch]B/A#[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]B/A#[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]              [ch]B/F#[/ch]   [ch]Emaj7[/ch]      [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\n Lie number one: You're supposed to have it all together[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]B/A#[/ch]\r\n And when they ask how you're doing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G#m[/ch]                [ch]B/A#[/ch]    [ch]Emaj7[/ch]       [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\n Just smile and tell them \"Never better\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]B/A#[/ch]      [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]B/A#[/ch]      [ch]Emaj7[/ch]          [ch]F#sus4[/ch]\r\n Lie number two: Everybody's life is perfect except yours[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n So keep your messes and your wounds and your secrets safe[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n With you behind closed doors[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]B/D#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n But truth be told, the truth is rarely told[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#/A#[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI say, \"I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm not, I'm broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nAnd when it's out of control I say it's under control[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut it's not and You know it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI don't know why it's so hard to admit it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen being honest is the only way to fix it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nThere's no failure, no fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's no sin You don't already know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSo let the truth be told[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n There's a sign on the door, says,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n \"Come as you are\" but I doubt it[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n 'Cause if we lived like that was true,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n Every Sunday morning pew would be crowded[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\n But didn't You say church should look[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n More like a hospital?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n And the prodigals like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n But truth be told, the truth is rarely told[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n Oh am I the only one who says:[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\n\"I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm not, I'm broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nAnd when it's out of control I say it's under control[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut it's not and You know it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI don't know why it's so hard to admit it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen being honest is the only way to fix it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's no failure, no fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's no sin You don't already know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo let the truth be told[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]\r\nCan I really stand here unashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKnowing that Your love for me won't change[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nOh God, if that's really true[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThen let the truth be told[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]            [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nI say, \"I'm fine, yeah, I'm fine, oh, I'm fine, hey, I'm fine\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm not, I'm broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]F#[/ch]              [ch]G#m[/ch]        [ch]F#/A#[/ch]\r\nAnd when it's out of control I say it's under control[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nBut it's not and You know it[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nI don't know why it's so hard to admit it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen being honest is the only way to fix it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's no failure, no fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's no sin You don't already know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nYeah I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThere's no failure, no fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's no sin You don't already know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nSo let the truth be told[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nB  B/A#  G#m  F#  E   F#\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["B","B/A#","G#m","F#","E","B/F#","Emaj7","F#sus4","B/D#","F#/A#","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}