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Ashley Monroe- The Truth. This is almost exactly how Ashley plays this live, minus a few fancy bits. 
No capo
DTell them all I'm on Gvacation
DSay I went to visit Gfriends
DThat you ain't heard a tGhing from me in quite a while
DWhen they ask you where I've Gbeen
EmTell them I'm out on the West Coast
GWhere it don't ever rain
Em                           G*
And that I'm probably doing fine
GJust don't tell them I've gone Dcrazy Ayeah
GThat I'm still strung out over DyouA  
G                           Bm (unbar for decending bassline)
Tell them anythin' you want to
 Bm(unbarred)                 G  
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
Yeah, don't tell 'em all the trEmuthA  
Same as V1/bridge 
Tell 'em all I'm out in Vegas
Blowin' every dollar I ever made
Tell 'em that I must be into somethin' bad for me
'Cause I sure lost a lot of weight
Tell 'em I'm out on the road
With some old rock and roll band
Living like a gypsy can
GJust don't tell 'em I've gone DcrazyA  
GThat I'm still strung out over DyouA  
G                           Bm (unbar for decending bassline)
Tell 'em anythin' you want to
 Bm(unbarred)                 G  
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
Yeah, don't tell 'em all the trEmuthA  
GThe truth is that I'm askin' you to Dlie
And we both knAow that it ain't righGt
GBut if you ever loved me
                 Bm   Bm(unbarred)  G  
Please have some mercy on me
AYeah, yeah, yeahG, yeahD  
G   D    A
GTell 'em anything you wanBmt to
 Bm(unbarred)                 G  
Just don't tell 'em all the truth
GYeah, don't tell 'em all the EmtruthA  
I still need yoDuG  
GYeah, that's the trutDh
GI still love yoDuA  
GBaby, that's tDhe tAruth G  
Finish on D :)

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The Truth

by Ashley Monroe

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Ashley Monroe- The Truth. This is almost exactly how Ashley plays this live, minus a few fancy bits.

No capo

D G

Tell them all I'm on vacation

D G

Say I went to visit friends

D G

That you ain't heard a thing from me in quite a while

D G

When they ask you where I've been

Tell them I'm out on the West Coast

Where it don't ever rain

Em G*

And that I'm probably doing fine

G D A

Just don't tell them I've gone crazy yeah

G D A

That I'm still strung out over you

G Bm (unbar for decending bassline)

Tell them anythin' you want to

Bm G

(unbarred)

Just don't tell 'em all the truth

Em A

Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth

Same as V1/bridge

Tell 'em all I'm out in Vegas

Blowin' every dollar I ever made

Tell 'em that I must be into somethin' bad for me

'Cause I sure lost a lot of weight

Tell 'em I'm out on the road

With some old rock and roll band

Living like a gypsy can

G D A

Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy

G D A

That I'm still strung out over you

G Bm (unbar for decending bassline)

Tell 'em anythin' you want to

Bm G

(unbarred)

Just don't tell 'em all the truth

Em A

Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth

G D

The truth is that I'm askin' you to lie

A G

And we both know that it ain't right

But if you ever loved me

Bm Bm G

(unbarred)

Please have some mercy on me

A G D

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

G D A

G Bm

Tell 'em anything you want to

Bm G

(unbarred)

Just don't tell 'em all the truth

G Em A

Yeah, don't tell 'em all the truth

D G

I still need you

G D

Yeah, that's the truth

G D A

I still love you

G D A G

Baby, that's the truth

Finish on D :)

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