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Honest by Bombadil
From Hold On
Intro: 
C
CWhat does it cost to be Bhonest
to be Bbloyal to be Ftrue
Cwhat does it take to be Bfrank
to Bbbreak the heart of the one who Floves you
Cplease what do you Bneed
what can i Bbdo so you’ll believF/Ae 
that i slept with Cher
because i’m Binsecure
and i Bbfelt like i deserved
the F/Aright to be a Fjerk
and now i’ll never give Cin
i’ll never fBorgive
you for making that Bbstupid so-called joke
when you said you wouldn’t F/Acare if i slept with Fother girls
cos your words are impoCrtant
and i’ve wanted to be impBortant to you
since befBbore i gave you twelve of the orangest roF/Ases in two thousand tFwo
and that’s a really long Ctime
when you’re twenty-nBine
over a tBbhird of my whole life i have spent wisF/Ahing you were mFine
so if you think i’m unCwell
then you can go to Bhell
if you think that my heBbad’s not right cos i couldn’t read your mind
then you can fF/A*** yourself i’m telling you i couldn’t Ftell that you were for rCeal
that you were in it for keeps
that you were in it so Bdeep deep down from your earlobes to your feet
you say the tBbhings you did had shown me so i really should have known
but where the fF/A*** was i to go with what you told me nFow i feel like we’re sCtuck
we’re in the land before tBime
and i’m coming down to Bbtell you where i lost my mind 
where i lost my miF/And
that i lost my miCnd
off highway B79
and i’m coming down to Bbtell you where i lost my mind 
where i lost my miF/And
that i lost my mFind
where i lost my miF/And (Repeat this line quite a few times, end on F)
C B Bb F/A F
End on C

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Honest

by Bombadil

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F/A

Honest by Bombadil

From Hold On

Intro:

C B

What does it cost to be honest

Bb F

to be loyal to be true

C B

what does it take to be frank

Bb F

to break the heart of the one who loves you

C B

please what do you need

Bb F/A

what can i do so you’ll believe

that i slept with her

because i’m insecure

and i felt like i deserved

F/A F

the right to be a jerk

and now i’ll never give in

i’ll never forgive

you for making that stupid so-called joke

F/A F

when you said you wouldn’t care if i slept with other girls

cos your words are important

and i’ve wanted to be important to you

Bb F/A F

since before i gave you twelve of the orangest roses in two thousand two

and that’s a really long time

when you’re twenty-nine

Bb F/A F

over a third of my whole life i have spent wishing you were mine

so if you think i’m unwell

then you can go to hell

if you think that my head’s not right cos i couldn’t read your mind

F/A F C

then you can f*** yourself i’m telling you i couldn’t tell that you were for real

that you were in it for keeps

that you were in it so deep deep down from your earlobes to your feet

you say the things you did had shown me so i really should have known

F/A F C

but where the f*** was i to go with what you told me now i feel like we’re stuck

we’re in the land before time

and i’m coming down to tell you where i lost my mind

F/A

where i lost my mind

that i lost my mind

off highway 79

and i’m coming down to tell you where i lost my mind

F/A

where i lost my mind

that i lost my mind

F/A

where i lost my mind (Repeat this line quite a few times, end on F)

C B Bb F/A F

End on C

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