Tabed by Matthew Gragg
Capo on 2
Intro
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G C D
G Cadd9
Tell em all I'm on vacation,
G Cadd9
Say I went to visit friends,
G C
That you ain't heard or seen from me in quite a while,
G C
When they ask you where I've been,
D Caad9 D
Tell em I'm out on the west coast where it don't ever rain,
C
And that I'm probably doing fine,
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(Chorus)
C G D
Just don't tell em I've gone crazy,
C G D
That I'm still strung out over you,
C Em
Tell em anything you want to,
D Cadd9
Just don't tell em all the truth,
G D
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,
Tell em all I'm out in Vegas,
Blowin' every dollar I ever made,
Tell em that I must be into something bad for me cause,
I sure lost a lot of weight,
Tell em I'm out on the road with some old rock and roll band,
Living like a gypsy can,
(Chorus)
C G
The truth is that I'm asking you to lie,
D C
And we both know that it ain't right,
G
But if you ever loved me please,
D C
Have some mercy on me,
G D C G D C
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
C Em
Tell em anything you want to,
D Cadd9
Just don't tell em all the truth,
G D
Yeah don't tell em all the truth,
Same as intro
I still need you,
Yeah that's the truth,
I still love you,
Baby that's the truth.