Chord/Tab song: Somebody Tell the Truth

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SOMEBODY TELL THE TRUTH - BAND OF HEATHENS


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Tabbed By: F4R3W311
Date: Oct 5, 2011
Tuning: Standard

Watch the video for the opening riff. Its not hard.

Intro Riff:



e|-----------------| (repeat)
b|--2--------------|
g|--2--------------|
d|--2--------------|
a|--0----------2---|
E|------3(b)---0---|


Intro riff is played where the "E" chord is thought the song.
Listen to the song for timing.

Verse 1


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[E]Ive been smoking a lot of cigarettes
[E]Ive been shuffling my feet
[E]Making payments on some long past dues
[A7]This slice of [C7]life aint [D7]cheap[E]

Verse 2


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[E]Ive been doing a little drinking
[E]It dont tickle my bone
[E]Whats a man to do with these old walking shoes
[A7]If they [C7]never get you [D7]home
Never get you [E]home

Chorus 1


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[A7]Somebody [D]tell the [A7]truth.[C7].....whats a man to [E]do
[A7]Somebody [D]tell the [A7]truth.[C7].....whats a man to [E]do
[B]When the one you love......dont love you
Somebody [A7]tell the truth.[C7].....whats a man to [E]do

Verse 3


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[E]Picking up rocks in this old river bed
[E]Im just trying to forget
[E]Some days you take from it what you want
[A7]Some days you [C7]take what you [D7]get[E]

Verse 4


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[E]I have seen the whites of your knuckles
[E]And Ive seen the blood in your spit
[E]You can give up, you can give in
[A7]But you can [C7]never [D7]quit
Oh you can never [E]quit

Chorus 2


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[A7]Somebody [D]tell the [A7]truth.[C7].....whats a man to [E]do
[A7]Somebody [D]tell the [A7]truth.[C7].....whats a man to [E]do
[A7]Somebody [D]tell the [A7]truth.[C7].....wont somebody tell the [E]truth
[B]When the one you love......dont love you
Somebody......[A7]tell the truth.[C7].....Tell the [E]truth
[E]Somebody tell the truth
[E]Somebody tell the truth
[E]Somebody tell the truth
[E]Somebody tell the truth
[E]Somebody tell the truth


Chord Chart:

I realize that these are probably not the proper names for the chords
I don't care what the proper names for the chords are
Just play them as shown in the chart below

[E] [A7] [C7] [D7] [B] [D]

e|--0-----0------0------0------x-----2----|
B|--0-----2------5------7------x-----3----|
G|--1-----0------0------0------4-----2----|
D|--2-----2------5------7------4-----0----|
A|--2-----0------0------0------2-----x----|
E|--0-----x------x------x------x-----x----|