Tell Me The Truth

Tell Me the Truth by Midnight Oil

*this is the acoustic version from the CD "Alternative NRG"

NOTE: I'm calling this chord F#7:

e-|-0-

B-|-0-

G-|-3-

D-|-4-

A-|-4-

E-|-2-

The little solo-thing in the INTRO and CHORUS:

e-|--9-------------9--|

B-|----10-------10----|

G-|-------9-7-9-------|

D-|-------------------|

A-|-------------------|

E-|-------------------|

LYRICS:

 

I believe we're crossing a great ravine

still yearning, half-way a stranger

I believe in our multiplicity

still part-blind, no reason for anger

so why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me the truth about you

 

tyranny crushing the young bird's seed

hallowe'en's mate short fuse of the banker

I can see vaseline, you smeared it across every scene

the anchorman drowns in a sea of sensation

I thought myself wise through all of these hopeless times

but I told myself, told myself, you've got to hold on

so why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me the truth about you

why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me

why don't you tell me the truth about you

about you, about you

Jonathan Hart

Oils@total.net