TELL THE TRUTH Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][Am][D][Gm][C]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[A]My daddy had [Asus4]a small h[D]ouse
Up on the east [Gm]side[C]
[D](alright)
Willy down [A]the [D]block
Threw me the peace [Gm]sign
[C](oh[D] yeah)
Moved to the big [A]city
[D]Now[F#m] we sit,
[D]kil[Gm]ling (al[C]rig[D]ht)
My daddy [Asus4]growed up
[A]When tim[D]es was hard and gritty
[Gm](oh [C]yeah[D])

[Verse 2]
Whether looking for love?
Are you looking for fame?
Before you go off
Better know the game, oh
He [Gm]said,

[Verse 3]
[Am]tell it like it is
(tell the [D]truth)
Live how you live (I'm
talkin' to you)
When you're [Gm]doing what you [C]do
[D]Just tell the truth, uh (tell the truth)

[Verse 4]
[A]Tell it like it [Am]is (tell the t[D]ruth)
Love how you live (I'm
talkin' to you)
When you're [Gm]doing what you do
[C]J-ju-ju-ju-, just jus[D]t just just tell the truth,
ah
[Am][D][Bb][C]

[Verse 5]
[D]
I'm thinking 'bout my papa
[A]Now[D] that I'm a s[Gm]tar
[C](al[D]right)
Lost in translation
People all across the nation,
[Gm]oh ([C]oh yeah)[D]
Just [Asus4]say it, plain and simpl[Am]e
[A]Amongst [D]the complications
[Gm](alr[C]ight[D])

[Verse 6]
I'm packing all my sneakers
I never had a car
Before you drive off, yeah
Better know who you are

[Verse 7]
He said, [Am]tell it like it is (tell the truth)
[D]And live how you live (I'm
talkin' to you)
When you're [Gm]doing what you [C]do[D]
Tell the truth (tell the truth)

[Verse 8]
He said, just [A]tell it like it
[Am]is (tell the t[D]ruth)
Love how you live (I'm
talkin' to you)
When you're [Gm]doing what you [C]do, [D]ow[C]
[D]Ha, yeah, just tel[D]l the truth
(tell the truth)
[D]Uh, uh, just tell the truth
[D](tell the truth)
Ah, ah, just tell the truth
(tell the truth)
Ooh, ooh, [D]ow

[Verse 9]
[Am]Tell it like it is [F#m](tell the truth)
Live how you live (I'm
[D]talkin' to you)
When you're [Gsus4]doing what you do, ooh
[C]I s[D]aid, just tell i[A]t lik[Am]e
it is (tell the [D]truth)
Love [F#m]how you li[D]ve (I'm
talkin' to you)
When you [Gm]do it
[Gsus4]Be you, be y[C]ou,[D]

[Interlude 1]
be you
[D][Asus4][D][Gm][Gsus4][C][D]
[Asus4][Am][D][Gsus4][C][D][Gm][D]

[Verse 10]
I said, [D]tell it [Asus4]like it i[Am]s, no, no, no, no
[D]Do it [F#m]like, you feel
[D]Do [Gsus4]ya feel? Do ya [C]feel,[D]
feel, feel, feel?
[Am]Ow,

[Verse 11]
[F#dim]ayy, ow[F#m]
[D]When you're doi[Gsus4]ng what you do, do[C] it[D]