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Give Me Some Truth – John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
John Lennon
Give Me Some Truth (1971)
(John Lennon)
From: "Imagine".
On recent editions of the album, the title is "Gimme Some Truth"
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TIP - Here is an easier way to play this song (less barree chords):
- Transpose this song down three steps to D.
- Put on a capo 3rd fret to bring it back to the original key.
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VERSE
F Am
I'm sick and tired of hearing things
F7
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
VERSE
F Am
I’ve had enough of reading things
F7
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
MIDDLE 8
Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky’s gonna
Eb
Mother hubbard soft soap me
Db
With just a pocketful of hope
Ab
Money for dope
Bb
Money for rope
SOLO
| F | Am | F7 | % |
| Bb | C | Bb | C |
| F | Am | F7 | % |
| Bb | C | Bb | C |
MIDDLE 8
Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky’s gonna
Eb
Mother hubbard soft soap me
Db
With just a pocketful of soap
Ab
Money for dope
Bb
Money for rope
VERSE
F Am
I'm sick to death of seeing things
F7
From tight-lipped, condescending, mamas little chauvinists
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth now
VERSE
F Am
I've had enough of watching scenes
F7
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
MIDDLE 8
Eb
No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky’s gonna
Eb
Mother hubbard soft soap me
Db
With just a pocketful of soap
Ab
Money for dope
Bb
Money for rope
VERSE
F Am
I'm sick to death of hearing things
F7
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
VERSE
F Am
I’ve had enough of reading things
F7
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
CODA
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
Bb C
All I want is the truth
Bb C
Just gimme some truth
(repeat and fade)
