--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wild Truth - T Bone Burnett --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard T Bone Burnett The Wild Truth (1988) (T Bone Burnett) From: "The Talking Animals" --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO | B | % | E | % | | B | % | E | % |

^B You never said it was a bed of roses ^E But you never said it was a bed of nails ^B You never told me 'bout the rubber hoses ^E Or how unsteady were the justice scales I need the ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth ^E

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^B On the street there are a billion people ^E They got no love, they got no hope ^B They got no youth, they got no beauty ^E They're looking backwards through a telescope They need the w^Aild tru^Gth The ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth ^B

^BWhatever happened to the man walking down the street With his hands in his ^G#mpockets whistling a tune? ^A Science fiction and nostalgia have become the same ^Bthing ^BI don't know how to make any choices anymore, I mean, ^G#m Who do I vote for? I get the feeling that as ^Asoon as Something appears in the paper it ceases to be ^Btrue ^B I have to meet the man who can crack this world of justice Like a ^G#msafe. Someone with the courage to allow ^Aroom for Good things to run ^Bwild Into the ^Bwild tr^Auth The ^Bwild tr^Auth The ^Bwild tr^Auth ^E

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^B We don't need no voodoo stories ^E From no magic president ^B Who tries to make a dream a fait accompli ^E By using phantoms for his evidence We need the ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth ^E

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^B I tell a hundred thousand lies that twist me ^E Into the noise where I hide my sin ^B My shame and scandal pull me down and kiss me ^E I can't live a life that might have been I need the ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth The ^Awild tr^Guth ^B

^B Are we supposed to take all this greed and fear and ^G#mhatred seriously? It's like watching dust settle^A it never changes, it's too con^Bsistent ^B Mercy is not consistent it's like the wind, ^G#mit goes where it will. Mercy is ^Acomic, and it's the only thing worth taking ^Bseriously

I need the ^Bwild tr^Auth The ^Bwild tr^Auth The ^Bwild tr^Auth The ^Bwild tr^Auth ^E

T-Bone Burnett - The wild truth