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Truth Be Told

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Capo 3, Standard Tuning
[Intro]
G Em G Em
[Verse 1]
GThere’s nothing good Emwithin me
If I’m Ghonest
GAnd If I’m hEmonest, there are Gtimes
GI will Emtry
GTo dress up all my Emdarkness
And make it Gseem like it was Emlight
All Calong
But it’s a lie
[Verse 2]
GIf truth be told, I’m Emnothing
On my Gown
GThe only thing I Emknow for sure
Is that I don’t Gknow Ema thing
To be Csure
[Verse 3]
GIf you only Emknew
What I’ve been Cprone to do
You’d Drun far and fast awGay
From me, Oh God
EmHear my plea
Cause all I Csee
Is this Ddarkness that is buried
Within Gme
[Verse 4]
So Gdarling don’t dare Emtrust me
If I Gsay I'm Emok
If Gtruth be told, I Emdo the things
That I Ghate everyday
CAnyway
[Verse 5]
GIf ever I may Emthink
Myself to Cbe more than a Dwretched man
ForgGive me, and please don't Emlet me
Ruin Cmyself once again with these Dchains
That I cannot Gsever
I'll do Emwhatever it takes just to Cmake sure
My head stays Dabove
This Cwater that is filling my lungs
[Interlude]
Am Em G Em
 G   Em   C   Dx4
[Verse 6]
If Gonly I could do
The good I Gwant to do
I'd leave this place Emforever
And I would Cnever
Turn back Daround just to fight this old Gwar
Because I'm Cbroken and I'm begging
For something more

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Truth Be Told

by Tossing Copper

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 3, Standard Tuning

[Intro]

G Em G Em

[Verse 1]

G Em

There’s nothing good within me

If I’m honest

G Em G

And If I’m honest, there are times

G Em

I will try

G Em

To dress up all my darkness

G Em

And make it seem like it was light

All along

But it’s a lie

[Verse 2]

G Em

If truth be told, I’m nothing

On my own

G Em

The only thing I know for sure

G Em

Is that I don’t know a thing

To be sure

[Verse 3]

G Em

If you only knew

What I’ve been prone to do

D G

You’d run far and fast away

From me, Oh God

Hear my plea

Cause all I see

Is this darkness that is buried

Within me

[Verse 4]

G Em

So darling don’t dare trust me

G Em

If I say I'm ok

G Em

If truth be told, I do the things

That I hate everyday

Anyway

[Verse 5]

G Em

If ever I may think

C D

Myself to be more than a wretched man

G Em

Forgive me, and please don't let me

C D

Ruin myself once again with these chains

That I cannot sever

Em C

I'll do whatever it takes just to make sure

My head stays above

This water that is filling my lungs

[Interlude]

Am Em G Em

G Em C D

[Verse 6]

If only I could do

The good I want to do

I'd leave this place forever

And I would never

D G

Turn back around just to fight this old war

Because I'm broken and I'm begging

For something more

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