Truth Be Told

Authors

Matthew West (Text)

Truth Be Told

Verse 1
B
B/A#
G#m
B/F#
Emaj7
 Lie number 
one you're supp
osed to h
ave it all
 together
B
B/A#
And when they a
sk how you're
 doing
G#m
B/A#
Emaj7
Just 
smile and tell th
em, "Never be
tter"
Verse 2
B
B/A#
G#m
B/F#
Emaj7
Lie number 2 
everybody's lif
e is perf
ect except
 yours
B
F#
So keep your m
esses and your 
wounds
G#m
F#
E
F#
And your s
ecrets safe with y
ou behind cl
osed doors
Verse 3
E
F#
 Truth be 
told
G#m
B/D#
E
 The t
ruth is 
rarely to
ld, now
Verse 4
B
F#/A#
G#m
F#
E
I say I'm f
ine, yeah I'm f
ine oh I'm fin
e, hey I'm fin
e but I'm not
F#
I'm b
roken
B
F#
G#m
F#/A
E
And when it's o
ut of control 
I say it's und
er control but 
it's not
F#
And you k
now it
E
F#
I d
on't know why it's so hard to ad
mit it
G#m
F#
E
When being h
onest is the 
only way to f
ix it
B
F#/A#
There's no f
ailure, no 
fall
G#m
F#
E
There's no 
sin you don't 
already k
now
F#
B
So let the t
ruth be 
told
Verse 5
There's a sign on the door, says, "Come as you are" but I doubt it
'Cause if we lived like it was true, every Sunday morning pew would be crowded
Verse 6
But didn't you say the church should look more like a hospital
A safe place for the sick, the sinner and the scarred and the prodigals
Like me
F#
G#m
Can I really st
and here unash
amed
B
E
Knowin' that Your l
ove for me won't c
hange?
F#
Oh God if t
hat's really true
B
F#
G#m
F#
E
F#
Then l
et 
the t
ruth 
be t
old