The Truth

[Intro]
G C Dadd11 C G
C Dadd11 C

[Verse 1]
G                        C
 Tell 'em all I'm on vacation
G                           C Dadd11 C
 Say I went to visit friends
G                            C
 That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while
G                            C    Dadd11 C
 When they ask you where I've been
D                            Em
 Tell 'em I'm out on the West  Coast
                        D
Where it don't ever rain
                           C
And that I'm probably doing fine

[Chorus]
C                                 G D C
 Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
                                  G D
That I'm still strung out over you
C                          Em
 Tell 'em anything you want  to
           D                     C
Just don't tell 'em all the truth Yeah,
     G/B
don't
            Am         D
tell 'em all  the truth

[Verse 2]
G                          C
 Tell 'em all I'm out in Vegas
G                               C Dadd11 C
Blowing every dollar I ever made
G                          C
 Tell 'em that I must be into something bad for me
      G                           C Dadd11 C
'Cause I sure lost a lot of weight
D                            Em                           C
 Tell 'em I'm out on the road  With some old rock and roll
band
D                   C
 Living like a gypsy king

[Chorus]
C                                 G D C
 Just don't tell 'em I've gone crazy
                                  G D
That I'm still strung out over you
C                          Em
 Tell 'em anything you want  to
           D                     C
Just don't tell 'em all the truth Yeah,
     G/B
don't
            Am
tell 'em all  the truth

[Bridge]
D    C                                  G                D
 The truth is that I'm asking you to lie And we both know
                   C
that it ain't right
But if you ever loved me
      Em             D      C
Please  have some mercy on me

[Pedal Steel Guitar Solo]
     G D                C G D
Yeah,   yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
C                          Em
 Tell 'em anything you want  to
           D                     C
Just don't tell 'em all the truth Yeah,
     G/B
don't
            Am
tell 'em all  the truth
D             G
 I still need you

[Outro]
C Dadd11      C         G
  Yeah, that's the truth
C Dadd11        C    G
        I still love you
C  Dadd11    C
 Baby, that's the truth
G C Dadd11 C G