Truth Be Told
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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
and here unash
amed
B
E
ove for me won't c
hange?
F#
hat's really true
B
F#
G#m
F#
E
F#
et
the t
ruth
be t
old
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